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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Some 3,719 new cases of the new coronavirus have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Africa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Africa (CDC for Africa) said Saturday morning.
Bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases in Africa to 57,746, the daily update saw that the number of deaths across the continent grew by 77 to 2,151.
He added that 715 patients had recovered in the 24-hour period, with the total count now at 19,351.
North Africa confirmed the majority of cases of the virus in the five geographic regions of the continent with 20,600 cases, followed by West Africa with 16,900, Southern Africa with 9,500, East Africa with 5,600 and Central Africa with 5,200.
The most COVID-19 related deaths were also reported in North Africa with 1,200 deaths, while in West Africa this number was 361, 202 Central Africa, 194 in Southern Africa and 168 in East Africa.
As for recoveries, 7,400 were confirmed in North Africa, 4,900 in the West, 3,400 in the South, 2,200 in the East and 1,600 in Central Africa.
South Africa has the majority of cases of all African countries with 8,900 and 178 deaths, while Egypt has registered 8,500 patients of which 503 have died.
In West Africa, Nigeria has suffered the highest number of deaths with 117, followed by Burkina Faso with 48 and Niger with 44. In East Africa, Sudan has recorded 59 deaths, Somalia 44 and Kenya 24. Cameroon has the highest number of deaths in Central Africa with 108, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo with 39 and Chad with 27.
The small country of Djibouti, in East Africa, has registered 1,100 cases, far outnumbering its much larger neighbor, Ethiopia, which has 194 cases so far.
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