I did not delete the EFI partition before it. Then I deleted the NTFS partition and tried using several different software to get back the APFS partition but they all seem to only recover the files.

While creating a system image on Windows 11/10 PC, if you get Windows Backup failed to get an exclusive lock on the EFI system partition error, here is how to fix it.

When you install OS X Lion, the system will create a hidden partition called "Recovery HD." In addition to providing recovery and diagnostics tools similar to those on the older OS X installation ...