Africa is of the world’s most vulnerable continents when it comes to disease outbreaks but for the case of Coronavirus pandemic, Africa surprisingly seems to be safer than any other continent as African countries have imposed a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data from World Health Organisation (WHO) on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The whole of Africa has rising cases with a sizeable number of countries holding out.
Southern and East Africa has the most countries that are still free from the virus. In total, Africa has 17 virus-free countries.
As of now, a total of 937 Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Africa with Egypt registering the highest number with 256 cases. South Africa has 205, Algeria has 94, Morocco and Tunisia have 74 and 54 cases respectively.
When it comes to recoveries, Algeria and Egypt tie top with 32 recoveries, Senegal has two while Ivory Coast has one. The total number of deaths stands at 24 with Algeria having 10, Egypt 7, Morocco 3 while Burkina Faso, Gabon, Sudan and Tunisia each has registered one death.
Here are the stats;
North Africa
- Algeria – 82
- Egypt – 256
- Morocco – 61
- Tunisia – 39
Virus-free = Western Sahara, Libya
West Africa
- Benin – 1
- Burkina Faso – 40
- Ghana – 16
- Guinea – 2
- Ivory Coast – 14
- Liberia – 2
- Mauritania – 2
- Nigeria- 12
Senegal – 47, five recovered, 42 undergoing treatment
- Togo – 9
- The Gambia – 1
- Niger – 1
- Cape Verde – 1
Virus-free = Sierra Leone, Mali, Guinea-Bissau
Central Africa
- Cameroon – 17
- Central African Republic – 1
- Congo-Brazzaville – 3
- DR Congo – 15
- Equatorial Guinea – 4
- Gabon – 3
- Chad – 1
Virus-free = Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
- Swaziland – 1
- Namibia – 3
- South Africa – 202
- Zambia – 2
- Zimbabwe – 1
Virus-free = Madagascar, Mozambique, Malawi, Comoros, Lesotho, Angola, Botswana
East Africa / Horn of Africa
- Ethiopia – 9
- Kenya – 7
- Rwanda – 17
- Seychelles – 6
- Somalia – 1
- Sudan – 2
- Tanzania – 6
- Djibouti – 1
- Mauritius – 7
Virus-free = Eritrea, Burundi, South Sudan, Uganda.