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Corona Updates of Africa

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·        Total number of corornavirus cases in African continent as of
now is over 6,700 confirmed cases, with a number of African countries
imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the
spread of the pandemic.

Total number of corornavirus cases in African continent as of now is
over 6,700 confirmed cases, with a number of African countries
imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the
spread of the pandemic. Covid-19  breakdown remains fluid as countries
confirm cases as and when they get to know. The whole of Africa has
rising cases with a handful of countries still to report the
infection.

Major stats as on April 2

(Statistics are sourced from Africa CDC updates, from the John Hopkins
University and from official government data_

Confirmed cases = 6,737
Number of deaths = 251
Recoveries = 525
Infected countries = 50
Virus-free countries = 4

North Africa

Algeria – 847
Egypt – 779
Libya – 10
Morocco – 638
Tunisia – 394

Virus-free = None

West Africa

Benin – 13
Burkina Faso – 282
Cape Verde – 6
The Gambia – 4
Ghana – 195
Guinea – 30
Guinea-Bissau – 9
Ivory Coast – 190
Liberia – 6
Mauritania – 6
Mali – 31
Nigeria- 174
Niger – 74
Senegal – 190
Sierra Leone – 2
Togo – 36

Virus-free = Zero

Central Africa

Cameroon – 233
Central African Republic – 6
Chad – 7
Congo-Brazzaville – 22
DR Congo – 123
Equatorial Guinea – 15
Gabon – 18

Virus-free = Sao Tome and Principe

Southern Africa

Angola – 8
Botswana – 4
Eswatini – 9
Madagascar – 57
Malawi – 3
Mozambique – 10
Namibia – 14
South Africa – 1,380
Zambia – 36
Zimbabwe – 8

Virus-free = Comoros, Lesotho

East Africa / Horn of Africa

Burundi – 2
Djibouti – 33
Eritrea – 18
Ethiopia – 29
Kenya – 81
Mauritius – 161
Rwanda – 82
Seychelles – 10
Somalia – 5
Sudan – 7
Tanzania – 20
Uganda – 44

Virus-free = South Sudan

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