An arriving foreign passenger is screened upon arrival at the Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) in north Tanzania February 28, 2020 by an official from the Tanzania Health Department taking measures to curb the spread of deadly coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo: AFP)
Sodiq Oyeleke
The number of novel coronavirus cases in 43 African countries stood at 2,412 as of 11.37am on Wednesday.
From the 2,412 cases, 64 people died and 203 recovered in 14 African countries, according to data obtained by The PUNCHfrom the World Health Organisation’s website.
However, more than 427,940 declared cases have been registered in 181 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China in December.
Countries (43) and with positive cases (2,412): Algeria (264), Angola (2), Benin (5), Burkina Faso (114), Cameroon (70), Cape Verde (3), Central African Republic (5), Chad (3), Congo (4), Côte d’Ivoire (73), Djibouti (3), DRC (48), Egypt (402), Equatorial Guinea (9), Eritrea (1), Eswatini (5), Ethiopia (12), and Gabon (6).
Others with positive cases are Gambia (3), Ghana (53), Guinea (4), Kenya (25), Liberia (3), Madagascar (17), Mauritius (42), Mauritania (2), Morocco (170), Mozambique (3), Namibia (6), Niger (2), Nigeria (46), Rwanda (40), Senegal (86), Seychelles (7), Somalia (1), South Africa (709), Sudan (3), Tanzania (12), Togo (20), Tunisia (114), Uganda (9), Zambia (3), Zimbabwe (2).
Countries (14) with deaths (64): Algeria (19), Burkina Faso (4), Cameroon (1), DRC (3), Egypt (20), Gabon (1), Gambia (1), Ghana (2), Mauritius (2), Morocco (4), Nigeria (1), Sudan (1), Tunisia (3), Zimbabwe (1).
Countries (14) with recoveries (203):Algeria (77), Burkina Faso (5), Cameroon (2), Côte d’Ivoire (3), DRC (1), Egypt (80), Ethiopia (4), Ghana (1), Morocco (6),Nigeria (2), Senegal (8), South Africa (12), Togo (1), Tunisia (1).
