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ADDIS ABABA, Dec.31 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 2,727,345 as of Thursday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said.
The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had reached 64,760 as of Thursday afternoon.
Africa’s CDC, the specialized health care agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, also said that a total of 2,279,397 people infected with COVID-19 had recovered from the infectious virus across the continent so far.
The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Ethiopia, respectively, figures from the CDC for Africa showed.
South Africa currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, reaching 1,039,161. The country also has the highest number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in Africa, with 28,033 deaths.
Morocco comes next with 437,332 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 7,355 deaths, followed by Egypt with 136,644 confirmed cases and 7,576 COVID-19-related deaths, it was noted. Final product
