Africa's COVID-19 toll passes 100,000 mark: Africa CDC
Xinhua | Updated: 2021-02-19 19:45
ADDIS ABABA - The number of COVID-19-inflicted deaths in Africa reached 100,294 on Friday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent now stood at 3,796,354, according to the continental disease control and prevention agency's Africa COVID-19 dashboard.
South Africa has reported the highest number of deaths related to COVID-19 in Africa, at 48,708, followed by Egypt, at 10,201, and Morocco, at 8,524.
The southern Africa region is the area most affected by COVID-19 in terms of the number of confirmed cases, followed by the northern Africa region.
A total of 3,346,404 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, the agency said.
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