Fig. 2.

Comparison of the cumulative total COVID-19 deaths reported in the first 200 days of the pandemic in the USA, Brazil, France, Italy and the most affected countries in Africa (South Africa, Algeria, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia). (a) Cumulative deaths for the 12 selected countries, (b) cumulative deaths for the eight African countries, (c) cumulative deaths for the 12 selected countries in log. The number of deaths was evaluated every 10 days from the first SARS-CoV-2 detected case to 18 August 2020, in each country. The graph was generated with daily WHO data [12]. (d) cumulative deaths for the eight selected countries in log.