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The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 on the African continent reached 3,888,006 on Sunday afternoon, the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
According to the Africa COVID-19 dashboard from the Continental Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the death toll from the pandemic stood at 103,485 on Sunday noon.
A total of 3,461,553 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far, the agency revealed.
The Southern Africa region is the continent’s worst COVID-19 affected area in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases, followed by the North Africa region, according to the Africa CDC.
The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases are South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia, it was noted.
South Africa also reported the highest number of COVID-19 deaths in Africa, at 49,941, according to the Africa CDC.
North African countries Egypt and Morocco have the second and third highest number of COVID-19 deaths with 10,639 COVID-19 deaths and 8,615 COVID-19 deaths, respectively .
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