The
World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in Brazzaville,
Congo, has disclosed that the number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Africa
has risen to over 75,000 in the past 24 hours.
The
UN health agency gave the update on its official Twitter account on Friday.
According
to the tweet, COVID-19 has killed 2,500 people in the continent, while 25,000
people have recovered from the virus.
“Over
75,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent – with more than
27,000 recoveries & 2,500 deaths,” it said.
The
WHO African Region COVID-19 dashboard showed that South Africa, Egypt, Morocco,
Algeria, Ghana, and Nigeria have continued to top the list of countries with
the highest reported coronavirus cases.
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