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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa stood at 1,291,724 on Sunday night, as some countries on the continent begin to see a decline in new daily infections.
Figures from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that the continent has also reported 31,056 deaths.
South Africa remains the most affected country on the continent, with 636,884 cases and 14,779 deaths.
The figures represent 49.3 percent of the continent’s number of cases and 47.6 percent of its deaths.
Egypt is the second most affected country in Africa, with 99,712 confirmed infections and 5,511 deaths.
These two countries alone account for 57 percent of Africa’s total infections and 65.3 percent of its deaths.
Later, in addition to South Africa and Egypt, only Morocco (70,160), Ethiopia (57,466) and Nigeria (54,905) have reported more than 50,000 cases of COVID-19 on the continent.
In terms of deaths, Algeria (1,549), Morocco (1,329) and Nigeria (1,054) are the only other African countries, besides South Africa and Egypt, that have reported more than 1,000 deaths.
In better news, Africa has reported 1,031,453 successful recoveries.
