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ADDIS ABABA, Nov.21 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 2,043,462, 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 49,099 as of Saturday afternoon.
A total of 1,728,682 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency.
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 show.
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.
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, putting intense pressure on the already fragile system of health”. and negatively affecting the socioeconomic situation of the continent “.
In February 2020, CDC Africa developed a continental strategy to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of improving cooperation, collaboration, coordination and communication while preventing serious illness and death. and the social disruptions and economic consequences due to the pandemic are minimized. The strategy was validated by African health ministers in February and endorsed by the Office of Heads of State and Government in March 2020.
In June 2020, CDC Africa had also implemented the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT), an initiative that has enabled it to bring partners together as a collective to expand testing, contact tracing and treatment of COVID-19 cases across the continent. Final product
