African continent reported 3,393,591 corona cases as of Saturday evening. According to the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the death toll related to the pandemic in Africa stood at 83,901 as of Saturday evening. A total of 2,854,275 people infected with corona have recovered across the continent so far, the agency added.
According to the data, the most affected African countries include South Africa, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Ethiopia, data showed. South Africa is also the most affected African country in terms of corona inflicted deaths, with 40,076 deaths so far.
Meanwhile, The United States has recorded 25 million coronavirus cases, reaching the threshold Saturday afternoon. President Biden predicts that U.S. pandemic deaths will exceed 600,000. The world’s first lockdown, in Wuhan, China, was a year ago today.
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