ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, May 19, 2020/ — African Union Member States (54) reporting COVID-19 cases (88,855) deaths (2,848), and recoveries (34,109) by region:
Central (8,885 cases; 295 deaths; 2,451 recoveries): Burundi (42; 1; 20), Cameroon (3,529; 140; 1,567), Central African Republic (366; 0; 18), Chad (519; 53; 117), Congo (414; 15; 112), DRC (1,629; 61; 290), Equatorial Guinea (719; 7; 22), Gabon (1,432; 11; 301), Sao Tome & Principe (235; 7; 4).
Eastern (9,106; 271; 2,867): Comoros (11; 1; 3), Djibouti (1,618; 7; 1033), Eritrea (39; 0; 39), Ethiopia (365; 5; 120), Kenya (963; 59; 358), Madagascar (326; 2; 119), Mauritius (332; 10; 322), Rwanda (297; 0; 203), Seychelles (11; 0; 11), Somalia (1,502; 57; 178), South Sudan (282; 4; 4), Sudan (2,591; 105; 247), Tanzania (509; 21; 167), Uganda (260; 0; 63).
Northern (28,126; 1,446; 11,815): Algeria (7,201; 555; 3,625), Egypt (12,764; 645; 3,440), Libya (65; 3; 35), Mauritania (81; 4; 6), Morocco (6,972; 193; 3,890), Tunisia (1,043; 46; 819).
Southern (17,764; 305; 7,701): Angola (50; 2; 17), Botswana (25; 1; 17), Eswatini (205; 2; 78), Lesotho (1; 0; 0), Malawi (71; 3; 27), Mozambique (145; 0; 46), Namibia (16; 0; 13), South Africa (16,433; 286; 7,298), Zambia (772; 7; 192), Zimbabwe (46; 4; 13).
Western (24,974; 531; 9,275): Benin (339; 2; 83), Burkina Faso (806; 52; 655), Cape Verde (335; 3; 85), Cote d’Ivoire (2,119; 28; 1040), Gambia (24; 1; 13), Ghana (5,918; 31; 1,754), Guinea (2,796; 16; 1,263), Guinea-Bissau (1038; 6; 38), Liberia (233; 23; 125), Mali (874; 52; 512), Niger (909; 55; 714), Nigeria (6,175; 191; 1,644), Senegal (2,544; 26; 1076), Sierra Leone (534; 33; 167), Togo (330; 12; 106).
*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).
SOURCE Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
