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.