"More than 4.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the African continent - more than 4.1 million recovered and 123 thousand deaths," the organization said on Twitter.

According to the latest data, 4,608,607 cases of coronavirus and 123,611 deaths from the consequences of COVID-19 were recorded in Africa.

The largest number of cases was detected in South Africa (1,590,370), Morocco (513,016), Tunisia (317,010), Egypt (234,015).

Earlier in Morocco and Algeria, the first cases of the Indian strain of COVID-19 were detected.