Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases exceed 3.66 million

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A medical worker checks the temperature of a local resident during a regional health screening program in Rustenburg, South Africa on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. South Africa is halfway through a lockdown national week and sealed off its borders in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus, which has so far infected 1,749 people and claimed the lives of 13 people. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the African continent reached 3,667,546 on Monday, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

FILE PHOTO: A medical worker checks the temperature of a local resident during a regional medical screening program in Rustenburg, South Africa. (Photographer: Waldo Swiegers / Bloomberg via Getty Images)

According to the COVID-19 dashboard from the Continental Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the death toll from the pandemic in Africa stood at 95,075.

A total of 3,192,561 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered, the Africa CDC said.

Southern Africa is the most affected region in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases, followed by the North African region, according to the agency.

The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases are South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia.

South Africa also reported the highest number of COVID-19-related deaths, at 46,290 on Monday.

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