Cases of the new coronavirus in Africa surpassed three quarters of a million, according to a Reuters tally, in a week when the World Health Organization warned that the accelerating transmission of the virus needs to be taken "very, very seriously". South Africa remains the epicenter of the continent's outbreak and saw more than 83,000 new cases between the 15 and 21 July.

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