The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa reached 846,311 and
the number of deaths related to the pandemic rose to 17,747 as of Monday
morning the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU)
Commission, also said that some 491,889 patients who tested positive for
COVID-19 had recovered across the continent so far.
South Africa, which has reported 445,433 confirmed COVID-19 positive cases,
is Africa’s most affected country in terms of positive cases, followed by
Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, and Morocco.
