Africa CDC: The continent's confirmed COVID-19 cases top 2.12 mln
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,120,967, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. /Xinhua

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,120,967, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. /Xinhua

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,120,967, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday.

The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 50,924 as of Friday afternoon.

A total of 1,791,600 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency.

The most COVID-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed.

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, according to the Africa CDC.

South Africa currently has the most COVID-19 cases, which hit 778,571.

The country also has the highest number of deaths related to COVID-19, at 21,289.

Morocco comes next with 340,684 confirmed cases and 5,619 deaths, followed by Egypt with 114,475 confirmed cases and 6,596 deaths, Africa CDC said.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency