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ADDIS ABABA, Nov.23 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 2,069,923, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said on Tuesday.
The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic was 49,702 as of Monday afternoon.
A total of 1,747,263 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the Africa CDC.
The African countries most affected by COVID-19 in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed.
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, it was noted.
The North Africa region is the second most affected African region by COVID-19, according to the Africa CDC.
South Africa currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, reaching 767,679. The country also has the highest number of COVID-19-related deaths, at 20,903, it was noted.
Morocco comes next with 324,941 confirmed cases and 5,316 deaths, followed by Egypt with 113,027 confirmed cases and 6,548 deaths, the Africa CDC said.
Meanwhile, the African Union (AU) Commission stressed on Friday that Africa’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic is “far from over.”
According to the pan-African bloc, although Africa has not registered a very high number of cases and deaths from COVID-19 as in other continents, the impact of the pandemic has been “very high on the continent, exerting intense pressure on the already fragile system of health”. and negatively affecting the socioeconomic situation of the continent. “Final product
