Africa has recorded a further 369 deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, totalling 133,543 deaths, and an additional 18,670 cases, with the number of infected rising to 4,969,847, according to the latest official data.
According to the African Union Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the number recovered is 4,477,813, plus 8,414 in the last 24 hours.
Southern Africa is the second most affected region, with 2,148,470 cases and 65,902 deaths associated with COVID-19. In this region, only South Africa, which is the country most affected by the pandemic on the continent, accounts for 1,712,939 cases and 57,310 deaths.
North Africa is the second most affected region on the continent, with 1,493,822 infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus and 45,233 deaths associated with the infection.
East Africa counts 668,425 infections and 13,215 deaths, and the West Africa region registers 476,067 cases of infections and 6,316 deaths.
The Central African region registers the fewest cases of infection and deaths, 182,444 and 2,871 respectively.