Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Passes 1.72 m

October 29, 2020 saynigeria NEWS, POLITICS 0

Scientific staff members works in a secure laboratory, researching the coronavirus, at the Pasteur Institute in Dakar on February 3, 2020. - The Pasteur Institute in Dakar, designated by the African Union as one of the two reference centres in Africa for the detection of the new coronavirus that appeared in China, is hosting experts from 15 countries on the continent this weekend to prepare them to deal with the disease. (Photo by Seyllou / AFP) (Photo by SEYLLOU/AFP via Getty Images)
Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Passes 1.72 m

Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Passes 1.72 m

The number of confirmed cases in the African continent has reached 1,727,837, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Tuesday.

The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 41,609 as of Tuesday afternoon.

A total of 1,416,100 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent, the Africa CDC said.

The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Ethiopia and Nigeria.

The Southern Africa region is the most COVID-19 affected region both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases as well as the number of deaths.

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