ADDIS ABABA - Fifty-four African Union (AU) member states reported 275,327 confirmed cases of coronavirus (Covid-19), 7395 Covid-19-related deaths, and 125,316 recoveries as of Saturday morning, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in a statement.
The breakdown by region was as follows:
Central:
26,203 cases
571 deaths
9,950 recoveries
Burundi
104 cases
1 death
75 recoveries
Cameroon
10,140 cases
277 deaths
5,601 recoveries
Central African Republic
2,605 cases
19 deaths
417 recoveries
Chad
854 cases
74 deaths
733 recoveries
Congo
883 cases
27 deaths
391 recoveries
DRC
5,283 cases
117 deaths
685 recoveries
Equatorial Guinea
1,306 cases
12 deaths
200 recoveries
Gabon
4,340 cases
32 deaths
1,657 recoveries
Sao Tome & Principe
688 cases
12 deaths
191 recoveries
Eastern
29,336 cases
883 deaths
11,688 recoveries
Comoros
210 cases
5 deaths
29 recoveries
Djibouti
4,557 cases
43 deaths
3,527 recoveries
Eritrea
142 cases
0 deaths
39 recoveries
Ethiopia
3,954 cases
65 deaths
934 recoveries
Kenya
4,257 cases
117 deaths
1,459 recoveries
Madagascar
1,403 cases
13 deaths
463 recoveries
Mauritius
337 cases
10 deaths
325 recoveries
Rwanda
646 cases
2 deaths
350 recoveries
Seychelles
11 cases
0 deaths
11 recoveries
Somalia
2,719 cases
88 deaths
704 recoveries
South Sudan
1,830 cases
32 deaths
117 recoveries
Sudan
8,020 cases
487 deaths
2,966 recoveries
Tanzania
509 cases
21 deaths
178 recoveries
Uganda
741 cases
0 deaths
486 recoveries
Northern
74,567 cases
3,115 deaths
31,096 recoveries
Algeria
11,385 cases
811 deaths
8,078 recoveries
Egypt
50,437 cases
1,938 deaths
13,528 recoveries
Libya
482 cases
10 deaths
70 recoveries
Mauritania
2,057 cases
93 deaths
373 recoveries
Morocco
9,074 cases
213 deaths
8,041 recoveries
Tunisia
1,132 cases
50 deaths
1,006 recoveries
Southern
87,897 cases
1,777 deaths
46,753 recoveries
Angola
166 cases
8 deaths
64 recoveries
Botswana
79 cases
1 deaths
25 recoveries
Eswatini
586 cases
4 deaths
267 recoveries
Lesotho
4 cases
0 deaths
2 recoveries
Malawi
592 cases
8 deaths
74 recoveries
Mozambique
662 cases
4 deaths
175 recoveries
Namibia
39 cases
0 deaths
19 recoveries
South Africa
83,890 cases
1,737 deaths
44,920 recoveries
Zambia
1,416 cases
11 deaths
1,144 recoveries
Zimbabwe
463 cases
4 deaths
63 recoveries
Western
57,324 cases
1,049 deaths
25,829 recoveries
Benin
597 cases
11 deaths
238 recoveries
Burkina Faso
900 cases
53 deaths
810 recoveries
Cape Verde
823 cases
7 deaths
377 recoveries
Côte d'Ivoire
6,444 cases
48 deaths
2,863 recoveries
Gambia
36 cases
1 deaths
24 recoveries
Ghana
12,929 cases
66 deaths
4,468 recoveries
Guinea
4,841 cases
26 deaths
3,467 recoveries
Guinea-Bissau
1,512 cases
15 deaths
153 recoveries
Liberia
542 cases
33 deaths
250 recoveries
Mali
1,906 cases
107 deaths
1,192 recoveries
Niger
1,020 cases
67 deaths
901 recoveries
Nigeria
18,480 cases
475 deaths
6,307 recoveries
Senegal
5,475 cases
76 deaths
3,716 recoveries
Sierra Leone
1,272 cases
51 deaths
710 recoveries
Togo
547 cases
13 deaths
353 recoveries