The death toll across the continent stands at 165,294, while the number of recoveries is above 5.71 million, the data showed. Of the continent’s five geographical regions, Southern Africa leads the infections count with over 3.1 million cases, North Africa is at 1.9 million, East Africa 786,400, West Africa 519,800, and Central Africa stands at 203,000. The total number of doses received throughout the continent stands at around 82.8 million, of which 61 million – 73.69% – have been administered, the figures showed. Morocco is the continent’s top performer in terms of vaccination, having fully vaccinated some 26.39% of its population of over 36.9 million. Egypt, a country of some 102 million people, has received around 7.3 million jabs and has administered close to 5 million shots, fully vaccinating 1.35% of its population.

Source: The Nation July 27, 2021 14:03 UTC