[ad_1]
ADDIS ABABA, Jan.3 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 2,807,864 on Sunday, 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 66,631 as of Sunday afternoon.
Africa’s CDC, a specialized health care agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, also said that a total of 2,332,063 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, Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia, respectively, the CDC figures for Africa showed.
South Africa has the highest number of confirmed positive COVID-19 cases, with 1,088,889. The country also has the highest deaths caused by COVID-19 at 29,175 according to Africa’s CDC.
Meanwhile, AU Commission Chairman Moussa Faki Mahamat on Friday called on the African continent to ensure economic recovery from the worst part of the COVID-19 pandemic at the start of the New Year.
“As we mark the end of the year 2020, we also mark the end of one of the most extraordinary and challenging years in living memory,” the 55-member pan-African bloc president said in a statement.
Mahamat warned that “the challenging task of protecting our health and livelihoods, while ensuring the recovery of our economies, still lies ahead as we begin a new year.” Final product
