COVID-19 Figures
We collect information from different sources and calculate the following indices:
- African infections and deaths
- Global infections and deaths
You can see the latest figures here. The final figures that we report on our website are estimates based on (1) records from at least 3 major institutions (2) our estimate of underreporting. Underestimation has been reported in African studies, for example, by Lawrence Mwananyanda with colleagues from University of Zambia, University Teaching Hospital Lusaka and Boston University who concluded that “Contrary to expectations, CV19+ deaths were common in Lusaka. The majority occurred in the community where testing capacity is lacking. Yet few who died at facilities were tested, despite presenting with typical symptoms of CV19. Therefore, CV19 cases were under reported because testing was rarely done, not because CV19 was rare. If our data are generalizable, the impact of CV19 in Africa has been vastly underestimated”.
COVID-19 References and Resources For africa
Below are some resources:
- Special journal issue on COVID published by the African Journal of Social Work (AJSW) available here: https://africasocialwork.net/motsi/current-and-past-issues/
- Underreporting of COVID-19 cases in Africa by Lawrence Mwananyanda and colleagues fUniversity of Zambia, University Teaching Hospital Lusaka and Boston University
- WHO Africa Region COVID-19 information
- Africa CDC – COVID-19 resources
- Finding the Balance: Public Health and Social Measures in Zambia
- COVID-19 Social Media Support Kit
- Africa’s response to COVID-19 (Ihekweazu, C., Agogo, E. Africa’s response to COVID-19. BMC Med 18, 151 (2020))
- COVID-19 and children social policy
- COVID-19 and disability in Ghana
- COVID-19 and tertiary education in South Africa
- Social work education and COVID-19 in South Africa
- Social working under COVID
- Lockdown and communities under COVID
- Mental health and COVID-19 in Nigeria
- Social protection and COVID-19 in Zimbabwe
- Social work education in Botswana amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Reflections, strategies and lessons
- Access to health information for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
- COVID-19: The prognosis for South Africa with respect to preparedness and the implications of the pandemic for social work
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on Social Work Education and Practice
- COVID-19 pandemic and the informal sector in Zimbabwe
- Examining the robustness of Zimbabwean social protection mechanisms in the context of Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- Socio-economic impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on the informal sector livelihoods in Zimbabwe
- COVID-19 induced online learning: the Zimbabwean experience
- Zimbabwe’s social policy response to COVID-19 and implications for social work
- Challenges for child welfare and development during the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe
- COVID-19 pandemic and the informal sector in Zimbabwe
- Remember Ebola: stop mass COVID deaths in Africa
- Research and Development Priorities for COVID-19 in Africa
- Colonialism and persistent systemic racism, in which many health inequities are rooted, continue to manifest in Africa in response to the COVID-19 global threat
- Just 4% of Covid research relevant to Africa: study
- Why lockdown in Africa doesn’t work as a first COVID-19 response
- Why Africa doesn’t have its own Covid-19 vaccine
- Reflections on the Impact of COVID-19 on Africa’s Higher Education and Research Sector
- Easing the lock but locking the vulnerable: a COVID-19 experience of the aged in Nigeria
- Information enclave and corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in remote areas – a case of Binga district, Zimbabwe