Africa’s COVID-19 death toll passes 25,000 mark as confirmed cases near 1.1 mln

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surged to 1,096,951 as the death toll rose to 25,096, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Saturday.

The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, in its latest situation update issued on Saturday, said the number of COVID-19 cases across the African continent has risen from 1,084,687 on Friday to 1,096,951 as of Saturday.

The Africa CDC also noted that

the continent-wide COVID-19 related death toll registered an increase of 436 deaths compared to Friday’s 24,660 to reach 25,096.

The continental disease control and prevention agency also said the number of people who recovered from their COVID-19 infections is also increasing, as the number of recoveries reached 812,839 on Saturday from Friday’s 780,076 report.

South Africa currently has the most COVID-19 cases at 579,140.

The country also has the highest COVID-19 related deaths, with death toll currently standing at 11,556, according to the Africa CDC.

Egypt comes next with 96,220 COVID-19 cases and 5,124 COVID-19 related deaths followed by Nigeria which has so far recorded 48,445 COVID-19 cases and 973 deaths.

The western African country of Ghana comes fourth in terms of number of COVID-19 related cases recording 42,063 COVID-19 cases out of which 231 resulted in the deaths.

Rounding up the top five COVID-19 infected African countries list is Morocco which has so far recorded 39,241 COVID-19 cases out of which 611 resulted in the deaths.