A woman selects face masks in an open-air market in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Jan. 9, 2021. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health on Sunday evening reported 524 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, taking the national count to 128,316. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)
ADDIS ABABA, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,021,769 as of Sunday morning, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
According to the continental disease control and prevention agency's Africa COVID-19 dashboard, the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 72,121.
A total of 2,450,492 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered across the continent as of Sunday morning.
The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and Ethiopia.
