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Nine African countries have so far reported more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 4,074,222 as of midday Friday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, the African Union (AU) specialist health agency, said the death toll from the pandemic stood at 108,928, while 3,657,699 patients across the continent were recovered from illness.
South Africa has lost 51,724 lives to COVID-19, the most among African countries, followed by Egypt, with 11,472, and Morocco, with 8,748, according to the Africa CDC.
Nine African countries have so far reported more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which South Africa is the only African country to have reported more than 500,000 confirmed cases, to 1,532,497, according to the agency. .
The other eight African countries are Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Libya, Algeria and Kenya.
The agency said 23 countries have reported between 10,001 and 100,000 cases, while 22 other AU members have reported fewer than 10,000 cases each.
According to the Africa CDC, southern Africa is the most affected region in terms of confirmed cases, followed by the regions of North Africa and East Africa. Central Africa is the least affected African region in terms of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
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