The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention , on Sunday, said the number of coronavirus positive cases has risen to 1,291,724 in the continent.The African Union Commission’s specialised healthcare agency said the number of COVID-19 recoveries in the continent reached 1,031,453.Africa’s total COVID-19 cases represent about five per cent of all cases reported globally, it said.
The Africa CDC, on Friday, said that nine African countries, including South Africa, Ethiopia and Libya accounted for about 81 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases reported during the past week. All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from