国际英语新闻:COVID-19 death toll reaches 744, total cases climb to 13,686 in Africa: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the African continent has reached 744 as confirmed positive cases reached 13,686, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) revealed on Sunday.

The Africa CDC, a specialized agency of the 55-member African Union (AU), in its latest situation update issued on Sunday also disclosed that the confirmed COVID-19 cases were spread across 52 African countries.

The Africa CDC also disclosed that some 2,283 people who have been infected with the COVID-19 have recovered across the continent as of the stated period.

The continental disease control and prevention agency also disclosed that the highly COVID-19 affected countries include South Africa with 2,028 confirmed cases, Algeria with 1,825 confirmed cases as well as Egypt with 1,939 confirmed cases.

Amid the continuing spread of the virus across the African continent, figures from the Africa CDC also show that more than 541 new confirmed COVID-19 cases have been reported across the continent since the center's recent report on Saturday.

The death toll has increased from 700 on Saturday to 744 as of the stated period, according to the Africa CDC.

The African Union, through Africa CDC, has already activated its Emergency Operations Center and its Incident Management System (IMS) for the COVID-19 outbreak on January 27.

The Africa CDC had also developed its third Incident Action Plan that covers the period from March 16 to April 15.