Africa's coronavirus cases hit 3.1 million

It is noted that over the past 24 hours, 56,663 new cases of COVID-19 have been identified in Africa.

Over 3 million confirmed # COVID19 cases on the African continent - with more than 2.5 million recoveries & 74,000 deaths cumulatively.

View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/FKav40Cbddpic.twitter.com/QHjUq9vmj0

- WHO African Region (@WHOAFRO) January 13, 2021

A total of 74,455 coronavirus patients have died in the region.

Earlier, the deputy of the State Duma of the III-V convocations, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honored Scientist of Russia Sergei Kolesnikov, in an interview with FAN, recalled the features of the coronavirus.