PRETORIA, February 6. /TASS/. African nations have recorded 17,575 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 3,645,017, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Regional Office for Africa said on Saturday.).

The coronavirus-related death toll has topped 94,204 across African nations after the rise of 590 deaths in the past 24 hours. A total of 3.1 million recoveries have been reported.

South Africa accounts for a majority of coronavirus cases and deaths across Africa, 1,470,516 and 45,902 respectively. The death toll in Egypt climbed to 9,560, and 168,597 cases have been confirmed. Morocco recorded 8,368 deaths from coronavirus.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, Ethiopia is ranked second to South Africa (140,883 cases and 2,136 deaths) and is followed by Nigeria (137,654 and 1,641) and Kenia (101,534 cases and 1,776 deaths).