 An Africa has marked its worst COVID-19 pandemic week, and the worst is yet to come, said the Continence Director of the World Health Organization on Thursday. Dr. Masoudi Somoti said that with almost 5.7 million cases and more than 146,000 recorded death, a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic is gaining speed in Africa. According to Genomics expert Professor Tullio de Oliveira, the more infectious Delta coronavirus variant was spreading rapidly throughout Africa, accounting for roughly three-quarters of Genoms sequenced on the continent recently and driving up death. The global vaccine distribution scheme Covax aims to deliver 520 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this year to Africa, which has some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates worldwide. Africa has just marked its worst pandemic week ever, surpassing the second wave peak. During the week, which ended on the 4th of July, there were more than 251,000 cases, a 20% increase over the previous week, and a 12% jump over the January peak. In total on the continent, there have now been almost 5.7 million COVID-19 cases, and 146,000 people, sadly, have lost their lives. New cases have increased for the seventh week running. For Africa, the worst is yet to come as the fast-moving third wave continues to gain speed and new ground in countries.