According to the African Union's Disease Control and Prevention Center (Africa CDC), the African continent now has 2,323,845 cases of infected people among the 55 members of the African Union.
The number of recovered in the last 24 hours was 13,830, for a total of 1,982,277.
The largest number of cases of infection and deaths are registered in Southern Africa, with 939,869 cases and 24,467 fatalities. In this region, South Africa, the continent's most affected country, accounts for 836,764 cases of infection and 22,747 deaths.
North Africa is the second most affected area by the pandemic, with 809,548 cases of infection and 21,153 fatalities.
East Africa accounts for 291,643 cases and 5,476 deaths, in West Africa the number of infections is 214,893, with 2947 deaths, while Central Africa records 67,892 cases and 1222 deaths, the same number as on Thursday.
Egypt, which is the second African country with the most fatalities, after South Africa, registers 6854 dead and 120,147 infected, followed by Morocco, which counts 6492 fatal victims, but more than triple the cases of HIV infection. previous country: 391,529.
Among the six most affected countries are also Tunisia, with 107,814 infected and 3758 killed, Algeria, with 90,579 cases and 2564 dead, Ethiopia, with 115,360 cases and 1779 fatalities, and Kenya, with 90,305 infected and 1568 deaths.
In relation to Portuguese-speaking countries, Angola registers 362 deaths and 15,925 cases, followed by Mozambique (139 deaths and 16,521 cases), Cape Verde (109 deaths and 11,203 cases), Equatorial Guinea (85 deaths and 5183 cases), Guinea -Bissau (44 dead and 2444 cases) and São Tomé and Príncipe (17 killed and 1005 cases).
