Table 1.

Estimated daily facemask use in some African states with confirmed COVID-19 cases.

Country	*Population	*COVID-19 Cases	*Urban Population (%)	⁎⁎Facemasks Acceptance rate (%)	⁎⁎Average Daily Facemasks per Capita	Total Daily Facemasks
South Africa	59,308,690	5951	67	80	2	63,578,916
Egypt	102,334,404	5895	43	80	2	70,406,070
Morocco	36,910,560	4569	64	80	2	37,796,413
Algeria	43,851,044	4154	73	80	2	51,218,019
Nigeria	206,139,589	2170	52	80	2	171,508,138
Ghana	31,072,940	2074	57	80	2	28,338,521
Cameroon	26,545,863	1832	56	80	2	23,785,093
Guinea	13,132,795	1537	39	80	2	8194,864
Ivory Coast	26,378,274	1333	51	80	2	21,524,672
Djibouti	988,000	1097	79	80	2	1248,832
Senegal	16,743,927	1024	49	80	2	13,127,239
Tunisia	11,818,619	998	70	80	2	13,236,853
Niger	24,206,644	728	17	80	2	6584,207
Burkina Faso	20,903,273	649	31	80	2	10,368,023
DR Congo	89,561,403	604	46	80	2	65,917,193

Total daily facemasks = population x urban population (%) x facemask acceptance rate (%) x average daily facemasks per capita/10,000.

^⁎Data retrieved on May 02, 2020 from: https://www.worldometers.info.

^⁎⁎Arbitrary data.