Africa
has recorded 15, 685 deaths due to complications arising from COVID-19
according to the World Health Organization, WHO, regional office for Africa in
Brazzaville, Congo.
WHO
also revealed countries with the highest coronavirus (COVID-19) death cases.
According
to the latest figure released by the WHO, the number of COVID-19 cases in
Africa has risen to 748,856 in the past 24 hours.
Africa
has also recorded more than 409,000 recoveries from COVID-19 infections.
As
at Wednesday, South Africa has 5,368 reported deaths, the highest number on the
continent, followed by Egypt with 4,352 deaths and Algeria with 1,100 deaths.
Nigeria,
Africa’s most populous country, has recorded 805 deaths.
Other
countries are Sudan (693 deaths), Cameroon (382 deaths), Morocco (276 deaths),
Kenya (250 deaths), DR Congo (195 deaths), Ethiopia (180 deaths), Senegal (174
deaths), Mauritania (155 deaths), Ghana (153 deaths), Zambia (128 deaths), and
Mali (122 deaths).
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