Data from the John Hopkins University and Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, indicates that few countries are experiencing a third wave of infection - typical example being Kenya.
Most countries benefiting from the equitable vaccine COVAX initiative, see the inoculation of frontline health workers as crucial to conclusively combating the virus.
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 publishes the continent's stats 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: March 12, 2021 at 08:30 GMT
Total confirmed cases = 4,006,913
Active confirmed cases = 311,179
Recovered = 3,588,728
Confirmed deaths = 107,006
Countries with over 100,000 cases
South Africa, is most impacted in Africa with over 1.5 million cases.
Total confirmed cases = 1,525,648
Active confirmed cases = 27,035
Recovered = 1,447,503
Deaths = 51,110
Algeria = 114,851
Egypt = 189,000
Ethiopia = 171,210
Kenya = 111,185
Libya = 142,671
Morocco = 487,750
Nigeria = 159,933
Tunisia = 239,977
File photo of an African map