Africa’s confirmed Covid-19 cases pass 2.5 million

Addis Ababa, Dec 22 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent reached 25,08,815 as of Monday as the death toll due to the pandemic climbed to 59,099, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that a total of 21,08,302 people infected with Covid-19 had recovered across the continent as of Monday afternoon, the Xinhua news agency reported.
The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Ethiopia, figures from the Africa CDC showed.
South Africa had the most Covid-19 infections, with 9,21,922 cases. The country also had the highest number of deaths related to Covid-19, at 24,691.
Morocco came next with 4,17,125 confirmed cases and 6,957 deaths, followed by Egypt with 1,25,555 confirmed cases and 7,098 deaths, the Africa CDC said.
Ethiopia, East Africa’s most Covid-19 affected country and Africa’s fourth most-affected country, has so far 1,19,951 confirmed cases and 5,373 Covid-19-inflicted deaths, according to the Ethiopian Ministry of Health.