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In this paper, we broaden our analysis to encompass data spanning all fifty four African nations over a period of forty four months. We identified extreme values as the monthly maximums of daily new cases. Utilizing the generalized extreme value distribution, we fitted the data, allowing two of its three parameters to vary linearly or quadratically in relation to the month number. Twenty six countries demonstrated significant downward trends in monthly maximums. Two countries demonstrated significant upward trends in monthly maximums. Nineteen countries demonstrated significant quadratic trends where monthly maximums initially increased before decreasing. The sharpest and weakest of the downward trends with respect to location were for Mali and Liberia, respectively. The sharpest and weakest of the downward trends with respect to scale were for Egypt and Libya, respectively. Recommendations are given for each country. 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