Table 5.

Indicators and reports used to assign a COVID-19 risk level by country in the WHO African region

Country	Cumulative number of cases	New cases in the past 28 daysa	All cases reported in the last 14 days are imported?	At least 80% of cases reported in the last 14 days are locally transmitted	Epi-link known for at least 80% of cases reported in the last 14 days	Number of cases reported in the past 14 days by million population	% change in new deaths in the past 28 days	Average number of tests per 100 000 population per week during the last 4 weeksb	Transmission scenario	Health system's response capacity	Risk level
Algeria	99 610	13 683	No	Yes	No	132	10.1	30	CT high incidence	Limited	level_3
Angola	17 553	2192	No	Yes	No	37	13.5	57	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Benin	3251	196	No	Yes	No	8	0	29	CT low incidence	Moderate	level_2
Botswana	14 805	3884	No	Yes	No	705	16.7	1427	CT high incidence	Moderate	level_3
Burkina Faso	6828	3737	No	Yes	No	97	20.5	27	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Burundi	822	130	No	Yes	No	5	50	34	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Cameroon	26 848	2096	No	Yes	No	43	1.1	20	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Cape Verde	11 840	902	No	Yes	No	615	7.1	366	CT high incidence	Moderate	level_3
CAR	4963	36	No	Yes	No	3	0	6	CT low incidence	Moderate	level_2
Chad	2113	405	No	Yes	No	18	2.1	18	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Comoros	765	150	No	Yes	No	143	22.2	8	CT High incidence	Limited	level_3
Congo	6200	426	No	Yes	No	0	1.1	43	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Cote d'Ivoire	22 250	817	No	Yes	No	19	3.6	36	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
DRC	17 658	4377	No	Yes	No	28	17.5	4	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Eq Guinea	5277	118	No	Yes	No	46	1.2	58	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Eritrea	1320	726	Yes	Not applicable	Not applicable	180	100	72	Sporadic	Moderate	level_1
Eswatini	9358	2884	No	Yes	Not applicable	1973	43,5	948	CT very high incidence	Moderate	level_3
Ethiopia	124 264	12 685	No	Yes	No	52	11.2	33	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Gabon	9571	332	No	Yes	No	91	6.5	1274	CT moderate incidence	Moderate	level_2
Gambia	3800	32	No	Yes	No	6	10	48	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Ghana	54 930	2656	No	Yes	No	42	27.8	52	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Guinea	13 738	552	No	Yes	No	18	6.2	41	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Guinea-Bissau	2447	6	No	Yes	No	0	2.2	21	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Kenya	96 458	10 075	No	Yes	No	58	10.8	71	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Lesotho	2577	432	No	Yes	No	137	4.3	66	CT high incidence	Limited	level_3
Liberia	1800	124	No	Yes	No	4	0	32	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Madagascar	17 714	241	No	Yes	No	5	2.3	5	CT low incidence	Limited	level_2
Malawi	6583	540	No	Yes	No	24	3.2	13	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Mali	7090	2210	No	Yes	No	53	40.8	46	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Mauritania	13 642	4283	No	Yes	No	28	12.1	217	CT moderate incidence	Moderate	level_2
Mauritius	527	22	Yes	Not applicable	Not applicable	2	0	401	Sporadic	Adequate	level_0
Mozambique	18 642	2724	No	Yes	Not applicable	46	21	30	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Namibia	24 545	9765	No	Yes	No	2607	21.2	494	CT very high incidence	Moderate	level_3
Niger	3208	1568	No	Yes	No	33	1.9	16	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Nigeria	87 510	19 207	No	Yes	No	56	8.9	21	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Rwanda	8383	2372	No	Yes	No	107	45.5	187	CT high incidence	Moderate	level_3
Sao Tome & Principe	1014	17	No	Yes	No	14	0	141	CT moderate incidence	Moderate	level_2
Senegal	19 140	2923	No	Yes	No	104	27	55	CT high incidence	Limited	level_3
Seychelles	267	86	No	Yes	Yes	666	0	4615	Clusters	Adequate	level_1
Sierra Leone	2560	144	No	Yes	No	12	1.3	56	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
South Africa	1 057 561	256 689	No	Yes	No	2813	24.5	473	CT very high incidence	Moderate	level_3
South Sudan	3558	404	No	Yes	No	30	3.2	34	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Togo	3633	594	No	Yes	No	37	3.4	81	CT moderate incidence	Limited	level_3
Uganda	35 511	13 613	No	Yes	No	123	23	64	CT high incidence	Limited	level_3
Zambia	20 725	2995	No	Yes	No	124	9.3	249	CT high incidence	Moderate	level_3
Zimbabwe	13 867	3443	No	Yes	No	137	24.4	74	CT high incidence	Limited	level_3

CT, community transmission.

^aLast 28 days (4–31 December 2020).

^bLast 14 days (18–31 December 2020).