Africa's Covid-19 cases top 1.81 million

Addis Ababa, Nov 5 (IANS) The number of confirmed Covid-19 confirmed cases in the African continent has reached 1,813,065, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Wednesday.The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 43,612 as of Wednesday afternoon, Xinhua news agency reported.A total of 1,484,042 people infected with Covid-19 have recovered across the continent so far, the Africa CDC said.The most Covid-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, 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.The Northern Africa region is the second most Covid-19 affected African region, according to the Africa CDC.South Africa currently has the most Covid-19 cases, which hit 728, 836.The country also has the highest number of deaths related to Covid-19, at 19,539.Morocco came next with 229,565 confirmed cases and 3,900 deaths, followed by Egypt with 108,122 confirmed cases and 6,305 deaths, Africa CDC said.
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