This was reported on the organization's Twitter page.
"More than 880,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Africa," the statement said.
Over 880,000 confirmed # COVID19 cases on the African continent - with almost 540,000 recoveries & 18,800 deaths.
View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTgpic.twitter.com/fZABSQmspC
At the same time, it is indicated that more than 18.8 thousand people died from coronavirus in the region, more than 540 thousand recovered.
Earlier, the director of the WHO health emergencies program, Michael Ryan, said that the rate of spread of coronavirus infection in Africa is of serious concern.