COVID-19 cases in Africa now at 1,237,070: Africa CDC



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FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker walks between beds in a temporary field hospital established by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. / Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare worker walks between beds in a temporary field hospital established by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) during the COVID-19 outbreak in the Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, July 21, 2020. / Reuters

The number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Africa stood at 1,237,070 on Sunday, as countries on the continent continue to report declines in new infections.

The latest figures from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that the continent has also recorded 29,430.

South Africa remains the most affected country on the continent, with 622,551 cases and 13,981 deaths.

The figures represent 50.3 percent of the continent’s number of cases and 47.5 percent of its deaths.

Egypt is the second most affected country in Africa, with 98,497 infections and 5,376 deaths.

Apart from the two worst affected countries, Morocco (60,056) and Nigeria (53,727) are the only other African countries to have recorded more than 50,000 COVID-19 infections.

Later, eight countries on the continent have reported more than 30,000 infections.

However, the continent has seen a recent decline in new cases, pointing to progress in its fight against the virus.

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