South Africa reports largest daily jump in cases

Johannesburg, Jun 5 (AP) South Africa has seen its largest daily jump in new coronavirus cases.

The 3,267 new cases bring the country's total to 40,792. More than 27,000 of those are in the Western Cape province centered on the city of Cape Town.

South Africa has the most virus cases in Africa, where the total number is now above 163,000.

The continent still represents less than 3% of the global total of cases but South Africa and Egypt are hot spots, and Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is another growing concern with more than 11,000 cases and relatively little testing for the virus.

Shortages of testing and medical equipment remain a challenge across the 54-nation continent, where just 1,700 tests are being carried out per 1 million people. (AP) AMS AMS