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Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases close to 2.25m, Africa CDC says
A resident of Makoko riverine slum in Lagos, Nigeria, receives a pre-paid debt card for cash and food provided by WFP in a programme seeking to cushion people from the effects of Covid-19.
Photo credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei | AFP
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,248,269 as of Sunday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Sunday.
The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood at 53,543.
