TABLE 1.
Sample characteristics of population with COVID-19 (children and adults); 15 African countries, 1 September 2020.
| Variables | N = 51 964 | % |
|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||
| Female | 19 996 | 38.5 |
| Male | 31 968 | 61.5 |
| Age | ||
| 0-4 | 1 146 | 2.2 |
| 5-11 | 1 505 | 2.9 |
| 12-17 | 2 025 | 3.9 |
| 17+ | 47 288 | 91.0 |
| Clinical Outcome | ||
| Alive | 50 192 | 96.5 |
| Dead | 1 110 | 2.1 |
| NA | 662 | 1.3 |
| Country | ||
| Botswana | 1 896 | 3.6 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 007 | 1.9 |
| Chad | 909 | 1.7 |
| Congo | 9 381 | 18.1 |
| Eswatini | 4 595 | 8.8 |
| Guinea | 10 198 | 19.6 |
| Liberia | 1 293 | 2.5 |
| Mauritius | 209 | 0.4 |
| Mozambique | 3 995 | 7.7 |
| Namibia | 7 485 | 14.4 |
| Niger | 1 081 | 2.1 |
| Rwanda | 4 035 | 7.8 |
| São Tomée Principe | 882 | 1.7 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 028 | 3.9 |
| Uganda | 2 970 | 5.7 |