According to the African Union Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC Africa) newsletter, in the last 24 hours, the number of recorded deaths has risen from 788 to 815 while infections have increased from 14,528 to 15,284.
The CDC Africa also registered 2,895 patients recovered from infection.
North Africa remains the region most affected by the disease with 6,625 cases, 619 deaths and 1,336 recovered patients.
In southern Africa, there are 2,434 registered cases of the disease, which has already caused 37 deaths, with 455 patients recovering from infection.
In West Africa, there are 3,574 registered infections, 89 deaths and 702 recovered patients.
The pandemic affects 52 out of 55 countries and territories in Africa, with four countries - South Africa, Algeria, Egypt and Morocco - concentrating more than half of the infections and deaths associated with the new coronavirus.
South Africa has the highest number of cases (2,272), with 27 deaths, but the highest number of deaths is in Algeria (293), with 1,914 infected.
Egypt has 2,190 infected and 164 dead, while Morocco has 1,763 cases and 126 fatalities.
Only Lesotho, the Comoros Islands and Western Sahara have no reported cases of the disease.
All Portuguese-speaking African countries have reported cases of covid-19, with Guinea-Bissau being the most affected, accounting for 40 people infected with the new coronavirus.
Angola has 19 confirmed cases of covid-19 and two deaths.
Mozambique has 21 reported cases of infection with the new coronavirus and Cape Verde totals ten cases of infection since the beginning of the pandemic, including one dead.
Sao Tome and Principe, the last Portuguese-speaking African country to detect the disease in its territory, has four confirmed cases.
In Equatorial Guinea, which is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), 21 positive cases of infection have been confirmed.
The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid-19 pandemic, has already caused more than 117,000 deaths and infected almost 1.9 million people worldwide.
Of the cases of infection, about 402,000 are considered cured.
