Table 3: Number of confirmed COVID 19 cases in the WHO African Region, 25th February to 23rd June 2020 (n = 236,909).
Country |
Total Cases |
Total Deaths |
Probable Cases |
Recovered Cases |
Case fatality ratio (%) |
Health Workers |
South Africa |
106,108 |
2,102 |
0 |
55,045 |
2.0 |
2,084 |
Nigeria |
21,371 |
533 |
0 |
7,338 |
2.5 |
987 |
Ghana |
14,568 |
95 |
0 |
10,907 |
0.7 |
351 |
Algeria |
12,076 |
861 |
0 |
8,674 |
7.1 |
0 |
Cameroon |
12,041 |
308 |
0 |
7,740 |
2.6 |
325 |
Côte d’Ivoire |
7,904 |
58 |
0 |
3,182 |
0.7 |
179 |
Senegal |
6,034 |
89 |
0 |
4,046 |
1.5 |
147 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
6,027 |
134 |
1 |
861 |
2.2 |
158 |
Guinea |
5,104 |
29 |
0 |
3,744 |
0.6 |
134 |
Kenya |
4,952 |
128 |
0 |
1,782 |
2.6 |
64 |
Gabon |
4,849 |
39 |
0 |
2,107 |
0.8 |
57 |
Ethiopia |
4,848 |
75 |
0 |
1,412 |
1.5 |
87 |
Mauritania |
3,121 |
112 |
0 |
905 |
3.6 |
0 |
Central African Republic |
3,051 |
37 |
0 |
522 |
1.2 |
1 |
Mali |
1,978 |
111 |
0 |
1,302 |
5.6 |
0 |
South Sudan |
1,916 |
35 |
0 |
190 |
1.8 |
86 |
Madagascar |
1,640 |
15 |
0 |
692 |
0.9 |
2 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1,556 |
19 |
0 |
191 |
1.2 |
174 |
Zambia |
1,477 |
18 |
0 |
1,213 |
1.2 |
111 |
Sierra Leone |
1,347 |
55 |
0 |
853 |
4.1 |
151 |
Congo |
1,141 |
37 |
0 |
464 |
3.2 |
49 |
Niger |
1,051 |
67 |
0 |
913 |
6.4 |
184 |
Equatorial Guinea |
1,043 |
12 |
0 |
208 |
1.2 |
53 |
Cabo Verde |
983 |
8 |
0 |
421 |
0.8 |
40 |
Burkina Faso |
903 |
53 |
0 |
814 |
5.9 |
90 |
Chad |
860 |
74 |
0 |
757 |
8.6 |
75 |
Benin |
850 |
13 |
0 |
272 |
1.5 |
2 |
Malawi |
803 |
11 |
0 |
258 |
1.4 |
35 |
Rwanda |
798 |
2 |
0 |
371 |
0.3 |
0 |
Uganda |
797 |
0 |
0 |
699 |
0.0 |
27 |
Mozambique |
757 |
5 |
0 |
206 |
0.7 |
0 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
707 |
10 |
319 |
4 |
1.4 |
40 |
Eswatini |
674 |
7 |
0 |
319 |
1.0 |
17 |
Liberia |
652 |
34 |
0 |
270 |
5.2 |
50 |
Togo |
576 |
13 |
0 |
384 |
2.3 |
23 |
Zimbabwe |
525 |
6 |
0 |
64 |
1.1 |
2 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
509 |
21 |
0 |
180 |
4.1 |
1 |
Mauritius |
340 |
10 |
0 |
326 |
2.9 |
30 |
Comoros |
265 |
7 |
0 |
159 |
2.6 |
0 |
Angola |
189 |
10 |
0 |
77 |
5.3 |
1 |
Burundi |
144 |
1 |
0 |
93 |
0.7 |
1 |
Eritrea |
143 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
0.0 |
0 |
Botswana |
89 |
1 |
0 |
25 |
1.1 |
3 |
Namibia |
72 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
0.0 |
3 |
Gambia |
42 |
2 |
0 |
26 |
4.8 |
0 |
Lesotho |
17 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
0 |
Seychelles |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
0.0 |
0 |
Total (n = 47) |
236,909 |
5,257 |
320 |
120,089 |
2.2 |
5,824 |
Source: WHO African Region, 2020: June 24 update.