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Coronavirus - African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (153,325) deaths (4,356), and recoveries (64,793)

African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (153,325) deaths (4,356), and recoveries (64,793) by region:

Central (16,572 cases; 403 deaths; 5,847 recoveries): Burundi (63; 1; 33), Cameroon (6,397; 199; 3,629), Central African Republic (1,069; 4; 23), Chad (790; 66; 539), Congo (618; 20; 179), DRC (3,195; 72; 454), Equatorial Guinea (1,306; 12; 200), Gabon (2,655; 17; 722), Sao Tome & Principe (479; 12; 68).

Eastern (18,098; 537; 5,317): Comoros (106; 2; 26), Djibouti (3,779; 25; 1,607), Eritrea (39; 0; 39), Ethiopia (1,344; 14; 231), Kenya (2,093; 71; 499), Madagascar (826; 6; 174), Mauritius (335; 10; 322), Rwanda (377; 1; 262), Seychelles (11; 0; 11), Somalia (2,023; 79; 361), South Sudan (994; 10; 6), Sudan (5,173; 298; 1,522), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (489; 0; 79).

Northern (45,598; 1,950; 19,685): Algeria (9,513; 661; 5,894), Egypt (26,384; 1,005; 6,447), Libya (168; 5; 52), Mauritania (588; 26; 36), Morocco (7,859; 205; 6,291), Tunisia (1,086; 48; 965).

Southern (36,680; 730; 18,618): Angola (86; 4; 18), Botswana (35; 1; 20), Eswatini (293; 3; 194), Lesotho (2; 0; 1), Malawi (336; 4; 42), Mozambique (254; 2; 97), Namibia (25; 0; 14), South Africa (34,357; 705; 17,291), Zambia (1,089; 7; 912), Zimbabwe (203; 4; 29).

Western (36,377; 736; 15,326): Benin (243; 3; 147), Burkina Faso (883; 53; 741), Cape Verde (458; 5; 237), Cote d'Ivoire (2,951; 33; 1,467), Gambia (25; 1; 20), Ghana (8,297; 38; 2,986), Guinea (3,844; 23; 2,135), Guinea-Bissau (1,339; 8; 67), Liberia (311; 28; 167), Mali (1,315; 78; 744), Niger (958; 65; 844), Nigeria (10,578; 299; 3,122), Senegal (3,836; 43; 1,954), Sierra Leone (896; 46; 480), Togo (443; 13; 215).

*Africa numbers are taken from official RCC and Member State reports. 

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).