According to the African Union's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the total number of infected people is 3,438,133 and that of those recovered in the organization's 55 member states in the last 24 hours was 25,062, for a 2,903,296 since the start of the pandemic.
Southern Africa remains the most affected region, with 1,635,704 infected and 44,816 dead. South Africa alone, the country hardest hit by the covid-19 on the continent, has 1,412,986 cases and 40,874 deaths.
North Africa is the second most affected area by the pandemic, with 1,061,096 infected and 28,391 fatalities.
East Africa accounts for 352,222 infections and 6,644 deaths, while in West Africa the number of infections is 303,981 and that of deaths is 3836. In Central Africa, 85,760 cases and 1591 deaths are recorded.
Egypt, which is the second African country with the most fatalities, after South Africa, has 8959 deaths and 161,817 infected, followed by Morocco, with 8150 fatalities and 466,289 infected.
Among the six most affected countries are also Tunisia, with 6,234 dead and 197,373 infected, Algeria, with 2863 deaths and 105,493 cases, Ethiopia, with 2066 fatalities and 133,676 infections, and Kenya, with 1744 deaths and 99,983 infected.
In relation to Portuguese-speaking countries, Angola has 459 deaths and 19,339 cases of infection, followed by Mozambique (305 deaths and 32,418 cases), Cape Verde (127 deaths and 13,489 cases), Equatorial Guinea (86 deaths and 5454 cases) , Guinea-Bissau (45 dead and 2533 cases) and São Tomé and Príncipe (17 dead and 1171 cases of infection).
