The novel COVID-19 confirmed cases breached the three million mark overnight with more than 210 000 people having succumbed to the virus so far.
Data was collected by researchers at US-based John Hopkins Hospital.
The US, which is now the epicentre of the virus has more than 965,000 cases and more than 55 000 fatalities.
If New York City were a country, it would be behind the US in terms of confirmed cases and fifth in the world when it came to the number of deaths.
The first COVID-19 in the US was reported on 23, January this year.
South Africa, which is the epicentre of the virus on the continent, had 4 793 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 90 deaths as of Monday night.
The virus has spread quickly in the country – South Africa’s total confirmed cases of Covid-19 was 1,380 at the beginning of April with five deaths.
South Africa is closely followed by Egypt with 4782 cases and 337 deaths as of last night.
Morocco has 4120 cases and 162 fatalities, while Algeria has 3517 cases and 432 deaths.
Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria has 1273 cases and 40 deaths.
World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general, Tedros Adhanom, in a prepared speech, said the organisation was concerned about the increasing COVID-19 trends in Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America and some Asian countries.
“As in all regions, cases and deaths are underreported in many countries in these regions because of low testing capacity,” Adhanom said.
“In the past week, we have delivered supplies to more than 40 countries in Africa, and more are planned.”
The Ethiopian microbiologist who has headed WHO since 2017, has come under fire from US President Donald Trump for WHO’s handling of the virus. Trump has since halted US funding to them.
The African Union, under the chairmanship of President Cyril Ramaphosa, has given its backing to Adhanom and his team.
