ADDIS ABABA, March 28 (Xinhua) – The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Africa has reached 4,167,350 as of Saturday afternoon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) reported.
CDC Africa, the African Union’s specialist health care agency, said the death toll from the pandemic was 111,561, while 3,735,535 patients across the continent have recovered from the disease.
South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia are among the African countries with the majority of cases on the continent, according to CDC Africa.
In terms of issues of concern, southern Africa is the most affected region, followed by the regions of north Africa and east Africa, and central Africa is the least affected region. continent, according to the African health agency.
To date African countries have received more than 26 million COVID-19 vaccines both from the COVAX facility and through bilateral agreements outside of COVAX. Enditem