Workers fumigate offices to combat the spread of the coronavirus in Nyeri County, central Kenya, on July 9, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 828,214 on Sunday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
The Africa CDC, a specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU) Commission, said that the number of deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic rose to 17,509 as of Sunday afternoon.
The continental disease control and prevention agency also stressed that some 484,038 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 had recovered across the continent so far.
South Africa, which has reported 434,200 confirmed COVID-19 positive cases, is Africa's most affected country in terms of positive cases, followed by Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria and Morocco, it was noted.
