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#CoronavirusSA: Confirmed #Covid19 cases in Africa rise to 176,807

───   06:06 Sun, 07 Jun 2020

#CoronavirusSA: Confirmed #Covid19 cases in Africa rise to 176,807 | News Article

As of Saturday, 54 African Union member states reported 176,807 confirmed coronavirus (Covid-19) cases, with 4902 Covid-19-related deaths, and 78,267 recoveries, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in a statement.


The latest available statistics by region were:

Central (18,931 cases; 421 deaths; 7,072 recoveries): Burundi (63; 1; 33), Cameroon (7,392; 205; 4,575), Central African Republic (1,451; 4; 29), Chad (836; 68; 657), Congo (639; 20; 182), DRC (3,644; 78; 495), Equatorial Guinea (1,306; 12; 200), Gabon (3,101; 21; 833), Sao Tome & Principe (499; 12; 68)

Eastern (20,599; 592; 6,031): Comoros (132; 2; 55), Djibouti (4,123; 26; 1,707), Eritrea (41; 0; 39), Ethiopia (1,805; 19; 262), Kenya (2,474; 79; 643), Madagascar (957; 7; 201), Mauritius (335; 10; 322), Rwanda (420; 2; 282), Seychelles (11; 0; 11), Somalia (2,204; 79; 418), South Sudan (1,317; 14; 6), Sudan (5,714; 333; 1,825), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (557; 0; 82)

Northern (51,330; 2,161; 22,969): Algeria (9,935; 690; 6,453), Egypt (31,115; 1,166; 8,158), Libya (239; 5; 52), Mauritania (883; 43; 69), Morocco (8,071; 208; 7,268), Tunisia (1,087; 49; 969)

Southern (46,011; 933; 24,490): Angola (86; 4; 21), Botswana (40; 1; 23), Eswatini (305; 3; 221), Lesotho (4;0; 2), Malawi (409; 4; 55), Mozambique (354; 2; 119), Namibia (25; 0; 16), South Africa (43,434; 908; 23,088), Zambia (1,089; 7; 912), Zimbabwe (265; 4; 33)

Western (39,936; 795; 17,705): Benin (261; 3; 151), Burkina Faso (888; 53; 765), Cape Verde (536; 5; 240), Cote d'Ivoire (3,431; 36; 1,604), Gambia (26; 1; 21), Ghana (9,168; 42; 3,457), Guinea (4,060; 23; 2,667), Guinea-Bissau (1,368; 12; 153), Liberia (334; 30; 176), Mali (1,485; 87; 816), Niger (966; 65; 863), Nigeria (11,844; 333; 3,696), Senegal (4,155; 45; 2,276), Sierra Leone (929; 47; 580), Togo (485; 13; 240)


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