ADDIS ABABA, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 787,501 on Friday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission in its latest situation update issued on Friday, said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the continent rose from 768, 978 on Thursday to 787, 501 as of Friday afternoon.
The Africa CDC report also said that the number of deaths related to the pandemic rose to 16, 697 as of Friday afternoon.
The continental disease control and prevention agency also stressed that some 446, 082 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have recovered across the continent so far.
South Africa is Africa's highest affected country, followed by Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco, it was noted.
The Southern Africa region is the most affected area in terms of confirmed cases, followed by Northern Africa and Western Africa, Africa CDC said.
The Africa CDC had earlier this week said that some 40 African countries are still under "full border closure" while night-time curfew has been activated across around 34 countries in an effort to halt the spread of the infectious virus. Enditem
