ABUJA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — There are now over 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the African continent, with a number of countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the “John Hopkins University” and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when.
Every African country now had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
Major statistics as at Wednesday: confirmed cases at 91,413; number of deaths (2,907); recoveries
35,828 and active cases (52,678).
- Countries in alphabetical order: Algeria (7,377), Angola (52), Benin (130), Botswana (25), Burkina Faso (796), Burundi (42), Cameroon (3,529), Cape Verde (335), Central African Republic (366), Chad (545), Comoros (11), Congo-Brazzaville (420), DR Congo (1,629).
- Djibouti (1,618), Egypt (13,484), Equatorial Guinea (825), Eritrea (39), Eswatini (208), Ethiopia (365), Gabon (1,502), (The) Gambia (24), Ghana (6,096), Guinea (2,863), Guinea-Bissau (1,038), Ivory Coast (2,153), Kenya (963), Lesotho (1), Liberia (233), Libya (68), Madagascar (326).
- Malawi (70), Mali (901), Mauritania (131), Mauritius (332), Morocco (7,023), Mozambique (146), Namibia (16), Niger (914), Nigeria (6,401), Rwanda (308), Sao Tome and Principe (251), Senegal (2,617), Seychelles (11), Sierra Leone (534), Somalia (1,502), South Africa (17,200).
- South Sudan (290), Sudan (2,728), Tanzania (509), Togo (338), Tunisia (1,044), Uganda (260), Zambia (772) and Zimbabwe (46).
Meanwhile, WHO Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, gave the update on its official Twitter account, @WHOAFRO.
WHO also said Lesotho, Comoros, and Seychelles were countries currently with the lowest confirmed cases in the region.
It said that Lesotho had only one confirmed case with zero death; Comoros had 11 reported cases and one death, while Seychelles recorded 11 confirmed cases with no death.
“There over 91,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 35,000 recoveries and 2,900 deaths,” it said.
The figures showed that South Africa, Algeria, and Nigeria had the highest reported cases in Africa.
According to the report, South Africa had 17,200 cases and 286 deaths followed by Algeria with 7,377 cases and 555 deaths, while Nigeria had
6,401 confirmed cases and 191 deaths.
It added that Ghana had 6,096 reported cases and 29 deaths, while Cameroon recorded 3,529 confirmed cases, and 140 deaths. — NNN-AGENCIES
