This was reported on the organization's Twitter.
61,829 patients with COVID-19 have died.
Over 2.6 million confirmed # COVID19 cases on the African continent - with more than 2.2 million recoveries & 62,000 deaths cumulatively.
View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/FKav40Cbddpic.twitter.com/mgNzZAT9FA
- WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) December 27, 2020
Earlier, the Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus compared the current situation with coronavirus infection and the initial period of the COVID-19 pandemic.