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Africa's COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 40,000: Africa CDC

  • Staff wearing protective suits clean garbage at a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 10, 2020.

    Staff wearing protective suits clean garbage at a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on July 10, 2020. | Photo: Yeshiel/Xinhua

Published 19 October 2020
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The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,644,780 as of Monday afternoon as the death toll due to the pandemic reached 39,738, the Africa CDC said.

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,644,780 as of Monday afternoon as the death toll due to the pandemic reached 39,738, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

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The Africa CDC said the number of people who have recovered from the infectious virus across the continent has reached 1,356,239 so far.

The most COVID-19 affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.

The Southern Africa region is the most affected region both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases as well as the number of deaths.

The Northern Africa region is the second most affected African region, according to the Africa CDC.

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