Fatalities from COVID-19 in Africa have passed the 100,000 mark according to new dat released by the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC).
The continent has recorded 3,796,354 cases with 100,294 deaths recorded so far.
South Africa is Africa’s worst-hit nation with more than 1.4m cases and over 48,000 deaths recorded in the country.
Africa currently has a fatality rate of 2.6%, more than the 2.2% global figure of 2.2%.
The South African and UK variants of coronavirus have increased Africa’s case incidence with more deaths also recorded in the second wave of the virus so far.
In Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo is the most affected nation with over 24,000 cases. DR Congo is also currently battling a resurgence of the Ebola Virus disease.
In West Africa, Nigeria is the most affected with 150,246 cases while Kenya is East Africa’s worst-hit country. There is a high incidence of the disease in North Africa with Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Libya all recording more than 100,000 cases.