Confirmed cases of those infected with coronavirus in Africa has reached 3,021,769.

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) confirmed this on Sunday.

The most affected African countries in terms of the number of positive cases include South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, and Ethiopia.

South Africa leads with over 1.2m confirmed cases and 32,824 death recorded.

The death toll related to the pandemic stood at 72,121, the continental disease control and prevention agency’s Africa COVID-19 dashboard reported.

However, a total of 2,450,492 people infected with coronavirus have recovered across the continent as of Sunday morning.