Africa's COVID-19 cases jump to 336,019: Africa CDC

A man wearing a face mask crosses a street in Dakar, Senegal, May 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Eddy Peters)

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent jumped to 336,019 as 11,313 new infections were confirmedas of Thursday afternoon.

ADDIS ABABA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Africa's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 336,019 after 11,313 new COVID-19 positive cases were confirmed as of Thursday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.

The Africa CDC in its latest situation update said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across Africa rose from 324, 696 on Wednesday afternoon to 336,019 as of Thursday afternoon, eventually registering some 11,313 new COVID-19 positive cases across the continent during the stated period.

The continental disease control and prevention agency also disclosed that the death toll from the pandemic also rose from 8,618 on Wednesday afternoon to 8,856 as of Thursday afternoon.

The Africa CDC, which noted that the virus had spread into 54 African countries, said that some 160,833 people who were infected with COVID-19 had recovered across the continent as of the stated period.

Locals adhere to social distancing guidelines at an entrance of a building in Windhoek, capital of Namibia, June 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Ndalimpinga Iita)

The Africa CDC also said that the Southern Africa region is now the most affected area across the continent in terms of positive COVID-19 cases, overtaking the Northern Africa region.

Western Africa region is the third most affected area in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases.

Earlier this month, the Africa CDC revealed that some 43 African countries are under full border closure due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, according to the Africa CDC.

In addition to the 43 countries under full border closure, night-time curfew has been activated across 35 countries in an effort to halt the spread of the infectious virus.