{"id":37927,"date":"2021-02-26T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=37927"},"modified":"2021-02-26T17:54:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T17:54:55","slug":"africas-covid-19-cases-near-3-87-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/africas-covid-19-cases-near-3-87-million","title":{"rendered":"Africa\u2019s COVID-19 cases near 3.87 million"},"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 number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent on Friday hit 3,869,522.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) the death toll related to the pandemic stands at 102,843.<\/p>\n<p>It said a total of 3,436,283 people infected with COVID-19 have recovered and the Southern Africa region is the most affected area in the continent, followed by the Northern Africa region.<\/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>Meanwhile, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria as at Thursday stood at 154,476.<\/p>\n<p>A total number of 1,891 fatalities have been recorded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent on Friday hit 3,869,522. According to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) the death toll related to the pandemic stands at 102,843. 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