{"id":36750,"date":"2021-02-08T20:53:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T20:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=36750"},"modified":"2021-02-08T17:27:58","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:27:58","slug":"covid-19-cases-in-africa-surpass-3-66m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/covid-19-cases-in-africa-surpass-3-66m","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 cases in Africa surpass 3.66m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday confirmed that COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,667,546<\/p>\n<p>The continental disease control and prevention agency also confirmed that the death toll in Africa stood at 95,075.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that a total of 3,192,561 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered,while Southern Africa is the most affected region.<\/p>\n<p>The northern Africa region is the next affected according to the CDC.<\/p>\n<p>The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa also reported the highest number of deaths related to COVID-19, at 46,290 as of Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday confirmed that COVID-19 cases on the African continent has reached 3,667,546 The continental disease control and prevention agency also confirmed that the death toll in Africa stood at 95,075. 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