Africa records two million coronavirus cases amid fears of fresh surge

A medical worker attends to a coronavirus patient in a Nairobi hospital (Brian Inganga/AP)

Africa has surpassed two million confirmed coronavirus cases as health officials warn of infections starting to creep up again into a second surge.

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Thursday that the 54-country continent has seen more than 48,000 deaths from Covid-19.