Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 2.54 million as death toll surpasses 60,000

Addis Ababa - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent reached 2,544,950 on Wednesday, as the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic reached 60,254, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. A total of 2,145,138 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent as of Wednesday afternoon, the continental disease control and prevention agency said.

The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia and Ethiopia, respectively, figures from the Africa CDC showed. The southern Africa region is the most affected region both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases and the number of deaths. The northern Africa region is the second most affected region, according to the Africa CDC. South Africa currently has the most COVID-19 cases, which hits 940,212. The country also has the highest number of deaths related to COVID-19, at 25,246.