According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the African Union (Africa CDC), the number of recovered in the same period was 9856, for a total of 1,791,600, in the 55 members of the organization.
The largest number of cases of infection and deaths are registered in Southern Africa, with 874,739 cases and 22,916 fatalities. In this region, South Africa, the continent's most affected country, accounts for a total of 778,571 cases of infection and 21,289 deaths.
With 715,469 people infected and 18,896 fatalities, North Africa is the second most affected area by the pandemic.
East Africa accounts for 262,501 cases and 5076 deaths, in West Africa the number of infections is 203,585, with 2850 deaths, the same number as on Thursday, while Central Africa has 64,673 cases and 1186 deaths, two more than there are. 24 hours.
Egypt, which is the second African country with the most fatalities, after South Africa, registers 6585 dead and 114,475 infected, followed by Morocco, which counts 5619 fatal victims and 340,684 cases of infection.
Among the six most affected countries are also Tunisia, which has 92,475 infected and 3034 dead, Algeria, with 79,110 infections and 2334 dead, Ethiopia, which has 107,669 infections and 1672 fatalities, and Nigeria, with 66,974 infected and keeps the same 1169 dead.
Regarding Portuguese-speaking countries, Angola records 341 deaths and 14,920 cases, followed by Mozambique (128 deaths and 15,467 cases), Cape Verde (105 deaths and 10,570 cases), Equatorial Guinea (85 deaths and 5,146 cases), Guinea -Bissau (43 dead and 2,422 cases) and São Tomé and Príncipe (17 dead and 985 cases).
