BY DAYO ADESULU
The fifty-five African Union Member States have submitted an update of their COVID-19 cases. Africa has thus far recorded (1,195,297) COVID-19 cases, (27,984) deaths and (921,783) recoveries.
The breakdown shows:
Central (52,806 cases; 1,026 deaths; 42,315 recoveries): Burundi (430; 1; 345), Cameroon (18,662; 408; 17,065), CAR (4,679; 61; 1,755), Chad (987; 76; 870), Congo (3,979; 78; 1,742), DRC (9,842; 251; 8,953), Equatorial Guinea (4,926; 83; 3,795), Gabon (8,409; 53; 6,959), Sao Tome & Principe (892; 15; 831).
Eastern (120,472; 2,510; 67,361): Comoros (417; 7; 396), Djibouti (5,383; 60; 5,273), Eritrea (306; 0; 274), Ethiopia (42,143; 692; 15,262), Kenya (32,557; 554; 18,895), Madagascar (14,402; 178; 13,355), Mauritius (346; 10; 335), Rwanda (3,306; 14; 1,785), Seychelles (132; 0; 126), Somalia (3,269; 93; 2,443), South Sudan (2,504; 47; 1,294), Sudan (12,836; 812; 6,497), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (2,362; 22; 1,248).
Northern (213,864; 8,063; 142,416): Algeria (42,302; 1,433; 29,369), Egypt (97,478; 5,280; 66,817), Libya (11,009; 199; 1,096), Mauritania (6,905; 158; 6,186), Morocco (53,252; 920; 37,478), Tunisia (2,893; 71; 1,454), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (25; 2; 16).
Southern (652,440; 14,058; 543,368): Angola (2,222; 100; 877), Botswana (1,308; 3; 136), Eswatini (4,304; 85; 2,936), Lesotho (1,049; 30; 484), Malawi (5,419; 169; 3,059), Mozambique (3,440; 21; 1,661), Namibia (6,030; 56; 2,563), South Africa (611,450; 13,159; 516,494), Zambia (11,148; 280; 10,208), Zimbabwe (6,070; 155; 4,950).
Somalia Suffers Sharp Decline In Primary Health Care Visits During COVID-19
Western (155,715; 2,327; 126,323): Benin (2,095, 39; 1,705), Burkina Faso (1,338; 55; 1,058), Cape Verde (3,532; 37; 2,599), Côte d’Ivoire (17,506; 114; 15,633), Gambia (2,437; 84; 455), Ghana (43,622; 263; 41,695), Guinea (9,013; 54; 7,823), Guinea-Bissau (2,149; 33; 1,104), Liberia (1,290; 82; 819), Mali (2,708; 125; 2,025), Niger (1,172; 69; 1,084), Nigeria (52,548; 1,004; 39,257), Senegal (13,013; 272; 8,595), Sierra Leone (1,997; 69; 1,557), Togo (1,295; 27; 914).
