[双语新闻] 非洲新冠病毒感染迅速逼近百万大关

Africa's COVID-19 infections fast approaching the one million mark

非洲新冠病毒感染迅速逼近百万大关

03-Aug-2020

2020年8月3日

The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa is fast approaching the one million mark as countries report a steady spike in new cases.

在非洲，新冠病毒感染的数量正迅速接近100万大关，因为各国报告新病例稳步上升。

As of Sunday evening, the continent had reported 929,696 cases, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.

据非洲疾病控制和预防中心称，截至周日晚，非洲大陆已报告929696例病例。

Having initially seen a slow rise in infections, Africa has witnessed a steady increase in COVID-19 cases, even as health authorities fear its peak remains ahead.

在最初的感染率缓慢上升后，非洲的新冠病毒病例稳步增加，尽管卫生当局担心其高峰仍在前方。

The Africa CDC also reports that the continent has registered 19,693 COVID-19-related deaths.

非洲疾病预防控制中心还报告说，非洲大陆已经登记了19693例与新冠病毒相关的死亡病例。

On the brighter side however, 581,582 patients have successfully recovered from the disease in Africa.

然而，乐观的一面是，在非洲，581582名患者已经成功地从这种疾病中恢复过来。

South Africa remains the worst affected country by the pandemic in Africa, having reported 503,290 infections and 8,153 deaths.

南非仍然是非洲受这一流行病影响最严重的国家，报告了503290例感染和8153例死亡。

The figures mean the country has reported 54.1 percent of the continent’s cases and 41.4 percent of its deaths.

这些数字意味着该国报告了非洲大陆54.1%的病例和41.4%的死亡病例。

Egypt is the second-worst affected African country by the pandemic, having recorded 94,316 cases and 4,834 deaths.

埃及是受该流行病影响第二严重的非洲国家，有94316例病例和4834例死亡。

Other than the two countries, only five other countries have reported more than 20,000 COVID-19 infections.

除了这两个国家，只有另外五个国家报告了超过20000例新冠病毒感染。

Regarding deaths, Algeria (1,223) is the only other African country other than South Africa and Egypt to have reported four figure fatalities.

关于死亡人数，阿尔及利亚（1223例）是除南非和埃及以外报告死亡人数为4位数的唯一一个非洲国家。