The total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases in Africa reached 1,497, 391 as of Saturday, the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a
statement that the death toll due to illnesses related to COVID-19 in Africa
has reached 36,504 as of Saturday.
The continental disease control and prevention agency also said
that the number of people who have recovered from the infectious virus across
the continent had reached 1,236,859 so far.
The centre said that the most COVID-19 affected countries in
Africa are South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria, respectively. Nigeria currently has recorded a total of 59,287 cases.
The Southern Africa region is the most COVID-19 affected region
both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases, as well as the number
of deaths, it was noted.
The Northern Africa region is the second most COVID-19-affected
African region, it also noted.
South Africa currently has the most COVID-19 cases, which hit
677,833.
The country also has the highest number of
deaths related to COVID-19, at 16,909 according to the Africa CDC. (Xinhua/NAN)
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