Coronavirus – Africa: 46 African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases (4,368), deaths (135), and recoveries (311) – (29 March 2020 – 5pm EAT)

African Union Member States (46) reporting COVID-19 cases (4,368), deaths (135), and recoveries (311) by region:

Central (229 cases, 9 deaths, 6 recoveries):  Cameroon (113, 2, 2), Central African Republic (6, 0, 3), Chad (5, 0, 0), Congo (19, 0, 0), DRC (65, 6, 1), Equatorial Guinea (14, 0, 0), Gabon (7, 1, 0).

Eastern (331, 4, 6): Djibouti (19, 0, 0), Eritrea (6, 0, 0), Ethiopia (19, 0, 4), Kenya (38, 1, 1), Madagascar (28, 0, 0), Mauritius (102, 2, 0), Rwanda (60, 0, 0), Seychelles (8, 0, 0), Somalia (3, 0, 0), Sudan (5, 1, 0), Tanzania (13, 0, 1), Uganda (30, 0, 0).

Northern (1,751, 99, 211): Algeria (454, 29, 77), Egypt (576, 36, 121), Libya (3, 0, 0), Mauritania (3, 0, 0), Morocco (437, 26, 12), Tunisia (278, 8, 1).

Southern (1,236, 2, 31): Angola (3, 0, 0 ), Eswatini (8, 0, 0), Mozambique (8, 0, 0),  Namibia (11, 0, 0), South Africa (1,170, 1, 31), Zambia (29, 0, 0), Zimbabwe (7, 1, 0).

Western (821, 21, 57): Benin (6, 0, 0), Burkina Faso (207, 11, 21), Cape Verde (5, 1, 0), Côte d'Ivoire (140, 0, 3), Gambia (3, 1, 0), Ghana (152, 5, 2), Guinea (8, 0, 0), Guinea-Bissau (2, 0, 0), Liberia (3, 0, 0), Mali (18, 0, 0), Niger (10, 1, 0), Nigeria (97, 1, 3), Senegal (142, 0, 27), Togo (28, 1, 1).

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