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Africa has recorded a total of 7, 123 coronavirus cases and 289 deaths across 50 countries.

This is according to the data obtained from the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

The Africa CDC also said about 592 people have recovered from COVID-19 across the continent.

Figures from the centre also show that  653 new cases have been reported.

South Africa has the highest number of confirmed cases on the continent with 1, 462 cases and five deaths.

Algeria follows closely with 986 cases and 83 deaths while Egypt, the third-highest, has 865 cases and 58 deaths.

Below is the list:

CENTRAL AFRICA

Burundi: Three cases

Cameroon: 306 cases, seven deaths, 10 recoveries

Central Africa Republic: Eight cases, three recoveries

Chad: Seven cases

Congo: 41 cases, three deaths, two recoveries

DRC: 134 cases, 13 deaths, three recoveries

Equatorial Guinea: 15 cases, one recovery

Gabon: 21 cases, one death, one recovery

EASTERN AFRICA

Djibouti: 41 cases, two recoveries

Eritrea: 22 cases

Ethiopia: 35 cases, four recoveries

Kenya: 122 cases, three deaths, four recoveries

Madagascar: 65 cases

Mauritius: 186 cases, seven deaths

Rwanda: 84 cases

Seychelles: 10 cases

Somalia: Five cases, one recovery

Sudan: Eight cases, two deaths, two recoveries

Tanzania: 20 cases, one death, three recoveries

Uganda: 45 cases

NORTH AFRICA

Algeria: 986 cases, 83 deaths, 77 recoveries

Egypt: 865 cases, 58 deaths, 201 recoveries

Libya: 11 cases, one death

Mauritania: Five cases

Morocco: 735 cases, 47 deaths, 49 recoveries

Tunisia: 455 cases, 14 deaths, five recoveries

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Angola: Eight cases, two deaths

Botswana: Four cases, one death

Eswatini: Nine cases, one recovery

Malawi: Three cases

Mozambique: 10 cases

Namibia: 14 cases, two recoveries

South Africa: 1,462 cases, five deaths, 45 recoveries

Zambia: 39 cases, one death

Zimbabwe: Nine cases, one death

WESTERN AFRICA

Benin: 16 cases, two recovery

Burkina Faso: 288 cases, 16 deaths, 50 recoveries

Cape Verde: Six cases, one death

Cote d’Ivoire: 194 cases, one death, 15 recoveries

Gambia: Four cases, one death, two recoveries

Ghana: 204 cases, five deaths, 3 recoveries

Guinea: 30 cases. one recovery

Guinea–Bissau: Nine cases

Liberia: Six cases

Mali: 36 cases, three deaths

Niger: 98 cases, five deaths

Nigeria: 190 cases, two deaths, 20 recoveries

Senegal: 207 cases, one death, 66 cases

Sierra Leone: Two cases

Togo: 40 cases, three deaths, 17 recoveries.