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Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 168,464, and at least 4,700 people have died, statistics from the World Health Organisation\u2019s (WHO) office for the African Region showed on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 168,464 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent \u2013 with more than 73,000 recoveries & 4,700 deaths,\u201d the office wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Most cases in the region were detected in South Africa with 40,792, Egypt with 28,615, and Nigeria with 11,516.<\/p>\n

Egypt, South Africa, and Algeria account for the highest number of related fatalities with 1,088, 848 and 681 deaths, respectively.<\/p>\n

In May, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Africa was the least affected region in the world in terms of COVID-19 cases and deaths.<\/p>\n

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