As of today, February 12, 2021; Africa has recorded over 3.7 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. A number of countries are gradually lifting restrictions imposed to curtail spread of the virus.

According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, the virus statistics remain fluid as countries work to stem spike in cases or avoid new waves of infection.

Africa's first case was recorded on February 14 in Egypt with the last to be infected being Lesotho. A year on, vaccines are the main issue as countries work to vaccinate the populace.

GhanaWeb will publish the continent's stats and daily figures as pertains to countries that have passed the 100,000 threshold.

Statistics are largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data.

Major African stats: Feb 12, 2021 at 07:30 GMT

Total confirmed cases = 3,718,013
Active confirmed cases = 364,821
Recovered = 3,255,927
Confirmed deaths = 97,265

Countries with over 100,000 cases

South Africa, is most impacted in Africa with close to 1.5 million cases.

Total confirmed cases = 1,484,900
Active confirmed cases = 59,538
Recovered = 1,377,980
Deaths = 47,382

Algeria = 110,049
Egypt = 171,993
Ethiopia = 144,862
Kenya = 102,353
Libya = 126,361
Morocco = 477,160
Nigeria = 143,516
Tunisia = 220,478