COVID-19 deaths in Africa exceed 60,000 mark – Africa CDC

The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Africa surpassed the 60,000 mark on Wednesday, as countries shift their focus toward procuring vaccines to stop the virus.

According to the latest data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of reported deaths on the continent reached 60,254 on Wednesday afternoon from a number of cases of 2,544,950.

South Africa remains the country most affected by the pandemic on the continent and has recorded the highest number of infections and deaths.

The country has recorded 940,212 confirmed cases and 25,246 deaths, representing 41.9 percent of the death toll in Africa and 36.9 percent of all infections.

Morocco is the second most affected country, but has reported less than half of the figures recorded by South Africa.

The North African country has recorded 420,648 infections and 7,030 deaths.

Aside from the two, the only other African countries that have reported more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases are Egypt (127,061), Tunisia (123,323), and Ethiopia (120,638).

A total of ten countries on the continent have registered more than 1,000 deaths related to COVID-19.

Data from the CDC of Africa also showed that 2,145,138 patients have successfully recovered from the disease.