Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 Update (23rd December 2020)
24 December 2020 |
12:00 pm
Over 2.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent - with more than 2.1 million recoveries & 60,000 deaths cumulatively. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: http://arcg.is/XvuSX Distributed by APO Group on behalf of WHO Regional Office for Africa.
Over 2.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 2.1 million recoveries & 60,000 deaths cumulatively.
View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: http://arcg.is/XvuSX
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of WHO Regional Office for Africa.
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