According to the African Union's Disease Control and Prevention Center (Africa CDC), in the past 24 hours, the death toll has risen from 1843 to 1959, while infections have increased from 47,118 to 49,352.
The total number of recovered patients rose from 15,587 to 16,315.
North Africa remains the region most affected by the disease, with 1150 deaths and 18,452 registered cases.
In West Africa, there are 320 deaths and 13,424 infections.
Southern Africa accounts for 163 deaths in 8055 cases of covid-19.
The pandemic affects 53 of the 55 countries and territories in Africa, with five countries - South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Nigeria - concentrating about half of the infections by the new coronavirus and more than two thirds of the deaths associated with the disease.
Egypt reports 452 deaths and 7201 infected, South Africa counts 148 deaths and 7572 infected patients, while Morocco totals 181 fatalities and 5219 cases and Nigeria has 98 dead and 2950 infected.
The highest number of fatalities is registered in Algeria (470), in 4838 infected patients.
Only Lesotho and the Saharawi Republic continue to not report cases of covid-19.
Among the Portuguese-speaking African countries, Guinea-Bissau is the one with the most infections, with 475 cases, including the prime minister in power and three more members of his government, and records two deaths.
São Tomé and Príncipe has 187 cases and four deaths and Cape Verde has 186 infections and two deaths.
Mozambique has 81 infected patients and Angola has 36 confirmed cases of covid-19 and two dead.
Equatorial Guinea, which is part of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), has 439 positive cases of infection and four deaths, according to Africa CDC.
Globally, according to a report by the AFP news agency, the covid-19 pandemic has already claimed more than 254,000 deaths and infected almost 3.6 million people in 195 countries and territories.
More than 1.1 million patients were considered cured.
