CORRECTS - Africa reports 14,000 coronavirus cases

Hardest-hit country is South Africa with 2,028 cases and 25 deaths, says Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control

CORRECTS FIGURE OF RECOVERED PATIENTS IN LAST SENTENCE

By Felix Tih

ANKARA (AA) – Nearly 14,000 coronavirus cases have been reported in 52 of the 54 countries in Africa, according to the Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (Africa CDC).

The 10 countries in Africa with the largest number of COVID-19 infections, deaths and recoveries are as follows:

Countries	Cases (13,814)	Deaths (747)	Recoveries ( 2,355)
1 - South Africa	2,028	25	410
2 - Egypt	1,939	146	426
3 - Algeria	1,825	275	405
4 - Morocco	1,617	113	146
5 - Cameroon	820	12	98
6 - Tunisia	685	28	43
7- Ivory Coast	533	4	58
8 - Niger	491	11	50
9 - Burkina Faso	484	27	155
10 - Ghana	408	8	4

After appearing in China last December, the novel virus has infected more than 1.85 million people worldwide, with a death toll of over 114,000, according to U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.

The data shows over 434,000 people have gone on to make a recovery.

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