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Africa has registered more than 10 million cases of coronavirus in total, according to African Union health observer figures seen by AFP on Sunday.
Data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have reported 10,028,508 cases from 55 member states of the African Union as of Saturday since the outbreak of the pandemic.
A total of 231,157 deaths were recorded, according to the CDC.
Since the discovery of the highly contagious Omicron variant in South Africa in late November, infections have skyrocketed and many countries on the continent have imposed new restrictions.
However, vaccine intake in Africa, where nearly 1.2 billion people live, is low due to poor access to jabs and vaccine hesitation.
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