The total number of cases shown in COVID-19 in Africa reached 1,497,391 on Saturday, the African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC of Africa) said.
The Continental Agency for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that the number of deaths from COVID-19-related diseases in Africa has reached 36504 to date.
The Continental Agency for Disease Control and Prevention also reported that the number of other people recovering from the infectious virus across the continent has reached 1,236,859 so far.
The center said the maximum countries affected by COVID-19 in Africa are South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia and Nigeria respectively.
The southern African region is the region most affected by COVID-19, either in terms of the number of positive cases shown and the number of deaths, he noted.
The North African region is the African region most affected at the moment by COVID-19, he also noted.
South Africa has lately had the number of INSTANCEs of COVID-19, reaching 677,833.
The country also has a number of deaths similar to COVID-19, at 16,909 according to the African CDC.
(Xinhua / NAN)
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