The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Tuesday said the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 1,986,864.

The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 47,647.

According to the continental disease control and prevention agency, a total of 1,676,584 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far.

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

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The Southern Africa region is the most COVID-19 affected region both in terms of the number of confirmed positive cases as well as the number of deaths, it noted.

The Northern Africa region is the second most COVID-19-affected African region, according to the Africa CDC.

[Xinhua/NAN]

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