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The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa rose to 2,644,112 on Monday, according to the latest data from the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa).
Data from the continental health agency also showed a total of 62,366 deaths even as countries now shift their focus to the procurement and distribution of vaccines.
South Africa, with more than a million confirmed infections, is the African country most affected by the pandemic.
The country had reported 1,004,413 cases and 26,735 deaths as of Monday afternoon.
Its number of virus cases is more than double the number reported by the country with the second highest number of infections, Morocco, and its death toll is more than three times the number published by Egypt with the second highest number of deaths.
Morocco had reported 432,079 COVID-19 cases and 7,240 deaths as of Monday afternoon, while Egypt had recorded 132,541 cases and 7,405 deaths.
In addition to the three countries, only two other African states have recorded more than 100,000 COVID-19 infections; Tunisia (131,592) and Ethiopia (122,864).
A total of 10 countries on the continent have registered more than 1,000 deaths related to COVID-19.
Data from the CDC for Africa also showed that by Monday the continent had recorded 2,212,975 successful recoveries.
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