PARIS • Africa has now recorded more than 100,000 cases of coro-navirus, according to an Agence France-Presse tally drawn from official figures on Friday.
Across the continent, a total of 100,002 cases had been registered as of Friday, of which 3,095 were fatal.
Countries in northern Africa have the highest death tolls, led by Egypt (696 deaths from 15,003 cases) and Algeria (575 deaths from 7,728 cases).
South of the Sahara, the highest tolls have been in South Africa (397 deaths out of 20,125 cases) and Nigeria (211 deaths from 7,016 cases).
Experts warn that Africa’s figures are likely to underestimate the true scale of the pandemic there, due to lack of testing capacity.
The World Health Organisation (WHO), as it announced the 100,000 mark had been reached, said the virus had spread to every country in the continent since the first case was confirmed 14 weeks ago.
