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. 2020 Jun 15;9(1):1300–1308. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1775132

Table 1. Epidemiology of COVID-19 cases in Africa as of 18th of April, 2020.

Country Confirmed cases Deaths Recoveries First case/s
Algeria 2,418 364 846 25th Feb, 2020
Angola 19 2 6 21st Mar, 2020
Benin  35 1 18 16th Mar, 2020
Botswana 15 1 0 30th Mar, 2020
Burkina Faso 557 35 294 9th Mar, 2020
Burundi 6 1 4 31st Mar, 2020
Cameroon 1,016 21 168 6th Mar, 2020
Cape Verde 56 1 1 20th Mar, 2020
Central African Republic 12 0 5 14th Mar, 2020
Chad 33 0 8 19th Mar, 2020
Comoros 0 0 0 NA
Congo-Brazzaville 143 6 11 10th Mar, 2020
DR Congo 307 25 26 10th Mar, 2020
Djibouti 732 2 76 18th Mar, 2020
Egypt 2,844 205 646 14th Feb, 2020
Equatorial Guinea 79 0 3 14th Mar, 2020
Eritrea 35 0 0 20th Mar, 2020
Eswatini 19 1 8 14th Mar, 2020
Ethiopia 96 3 15 13th Mar, 2020
Gabon 108 1 7 12th Mar, 2020
Gambia 9 1 2 17th Mar, 2020
Ghana 641 8 83 12th Mar, 2020
Guinea 477 3 59 13th Mar, 2020
Guinea-Bissau 50 0 0 25th Mar, 2020
Ivory Coast  742 6 220 11th Mar, 2020
Kenya 246 11 53 12th Mar, 2020
Lesotho 0 0 0 NA
Liberia 76 7 7 16th Mar, 2020
Libya 49 1 11 24th Mar, 2020
Madagascar 117 0 33 20th Mar, 2020
Malawi 17 2 0 2nd Apr, 2020
Mali 190 13 34 25th Mar, 2020
Mauritania 7 1 2 13th Mar, 2020
Mauritius 324 9 108 19th Mar, 2020
Morocco 2,564 135 281 2nd Mar, 2020
Mozambique 34 0 2 22nd Mar, 2020
Namibia  16 0 4 14th Mar, 2020
Niger 627 18 110 19th Mar, 2020
Nigeria 493 17 159 27th Feb, 2020
Rwanda 143 0 65 14th Mar, 2020
Sao Tome and Principe 4 0 0 6th Apr, 2020
Senegal 342 3 198 2nd Mar, 2020
Seychelles 11 0 5 14th Mar, 2020
Sierra Leone 26 0 0 31st Mar, 2020
Somalia 116 5 2 16th Mar, 2020
South Africa 2,783 50 903 5th Mar, 2020
South Sudan 4 0 0 5th Apr, 2020
Sudan 32 6 5 13th Mar, 2020
Tanzania 147 5 11 16th Mar, 2020
Togo 83 5 48 6th Mar, 2020
Tunisia 864 37 43 2nd Mar, 2020
Uganda 55 0 20 20th Mar, 2020
Zambia  52 2 30 18th Mar, 2020
Zimbabwe 24 3 2 15th Mar, 2020