ADDIS ABABA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent reached 1,521 as the number of confirmed cases hit 34,915 as of Wednesday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized agency of the 55-member African Union (AU) Commission, in its latest situation update issued on Wednesday also revealed the number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the continent rose from 31,933 on Tuesday to 34,915 as of Wednesday afternoon.
The virus has so far spread into 52 African countries, it was noted.
The Africa CDC also disclosed that some 11,309 people who have been infected with the COVID-19 have recovered across the continent as of Wednesday, marking about 1,157 new recoveries from the center's previous report of 10,152 on Tuesday afternoon.
The death toll due to the COVID-19 pandemic across the African continent also surged from 1,469 on Tuesday afternoon to 1,521 on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Africa CDC.
Figures from the Africa CDC also showed that amid the rapid spread of the virus across the continent, the highly COVID-19 affected African countries include Egypt, South Africa, Morocco as well as Algeria.
The Africa CDC also disclosed that the Northern African region is the most affected area across the continent both in terms of positive COVID-19 cases, as well as the number of deaths.
On Monday, the Africa CDC received the third round of medical equipment and supplies donated by the Jack Ma and Alibaba foundations in support of Africa's fight against the spread of COVID-19.
The latest batch of the donation arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa late Monday through an Ethiopian Airlines cargo flight.
The third-round donation to Africa from the Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation mainly includes 4.6 million masks, 500,000 swabs and test kits, 300 ventilators, 200,000 sets of protective clothing, 200,000 face shields, 2,000 temperature guns, 100 body temperature scanners, and 500,000 pairs of gloves. Enditem
