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ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) – The total number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 1,592,549 as of Wednesday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Africa).
The Africa CDC, a specialized health care agency of the African Union Commission, said in a statement that the death toll due to illness related to the pandemic reached 38,868 on Wednesday afternoon.
Africa’s CDC said the number of people who have recovered from the infectious virus across the continent has reached 1,318,132 so far.
The continental disease control and prevention agency also said that the African countries most affected by COVID-19 in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria.
The Southern Africa region is the region most affected by COVID-19 both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases and the number of deaths.
The North Africa region is the second African region most affected by COVID-19.
According to figures from the continental disease control and prevention agency, six African countries account for about 90 percent of the new COVID-19 cases reported since last week.
The six African countries include Morocco, which reports 29 percent of new cases, South Africa, which accounts for 20 percent, and Tunisia, which accounts for 20 percent. Final product
