By Damien Gayle (now); Josh Halliday and Helen Sullivan (earlier)
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11.18am BST
The 52 countries of Africa have reported a total of more than 123,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, the World Health Organization’s regional office for the continent reported on Thursday.
So far more than 50,000 people infected with the virus have recovered, and about 3,600 have died, the UN health agency said.
Over 123,000 confirmed #COVID19 cases on the African continent – with more than 50,000 recoveries & 3,600 deaths. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg pic.twitter.com/Bcjcya67En
11.09am BST
Hi this is Damien Gayle now taking over the live blog, bringing you the latest news from around the world on the coronavirus outbreak. If you have any comments, tips or suggestions for coverage then drop me a line, either via email to damien.gayle@theguardian.com, or via Twitter direct message to @damiengayle.
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