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ADDIS ABABA, March 18 (Xinhua) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,062,388 as of noon Thursday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) said.
Africa’s CDC, the African Union (AU) specialized health care agency, said the death toll related to the pandemic rose to 108,659, while 3,649,317 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease.
South Africa has lost 51,634 lives to the disease, the most among African countries, followed by Egypt, with 11,431, and Morocco, with 8,745, according to the Africa CDC.
According to the agency, nine African countries have so far reported more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which South Africa is the only African country that has reported more than 500,000 confirmed cases, at 1,532,497.
The other eight African countries are Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, and Kenya.
The agency said 23 countries have reported between 10,001 cases and 100,000 cases, while another 22 AU members have reported fewer than 10,000 cases each.
According to the Africa CDC, the Southern Africa region is the most affected region in terms of confirmed cases, followed by the North Africa and East Africa regions. Central Africa is the least affected African region in terms of confirmed COVID-19 cases. Final product
