The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa stood at 1,158,217 on Friday, according to figures from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
African countries continue to report steady rises in infections, but government remain optimistic the continent will beat the pandemic.
Data from the Africa CDC also showed that the number of deaths on the continent stood at 26,968.
South Africa remains the hardest-hit country in Africa, having registered 599,940 infections and 12,618 fatalities. It is the only country on the continent to have reported more than 100,000 cases.
Globally, the country has eported the fifth-highest infections, only shadowed by the United States, Brazil, India and Russia.
The country accounts for 51.8 percent of Africa’s total fatalities and 46.8 percent of its deaths.
Egypt is the second-worst-hit country, having reported 97,025 confirmed cases and 5,212 fatalities.
Further on, only four other African countries have reported more than 40,000 COVID-19 cases; Nigeria (50,964), Morocco (47,638), Ghana (43,260) and Algeria (40,258).
In terms of deaths, Algeria (1,411) is the only other African country that has recorded more than 1,000 COVID-19 deaths.
