Table 1.
Account and epidemiological indices of COVID-19 and some health-related metrics among the WHO African region countries up to September 8, 2020
| Country | Confirmed cases |
Deaths | % of all death |
Attack rate |
Case Fatality rate |
Date of index case |
Transmission pattern |
Route of index case | Population | GHS-I | Health exp. (%GDP) |
| Algeria | 46653 | 1562 | 6.73 | 108.46 | 3.35 | Feb. 25 | CT | Italy | 43851044 | 23.6 | 6.37 |
| Angola | 2981 | 120 | 0.52 | 10.19 | 4.03 | March 21 | Clusters | Portugal | 32866272 | 25.2 | 2.79 |
| Benin | 2213 | 40 | 0.17 | 17.72 | 1.81 | March, 16 | CT | Burkina Faso | 12123200 | 28.8 | 3.72 |
| Burkina Faso | 1452 | 55 | 0.24 | 7.03 | 3.79 | March, 9 | CT | France | 20903273 | 30.1 | 6.92 |
| Botswana | 2126 | 9 | 0.04 | 86.79 | 0.42 | March 30 | Clusters | UK, Thailand. | 2351627 | 31.1 | 6.13 |
| Burundi | 466 | 1 | 0.00 | 3.54 | 0.21 | March 31 | Clusters | Rwanda, Dubai. | 11890784 | 22.8 | 7.52 |
| Cameroon | 19848 | 415 | 1.79 | 71.18 | 2.09 | March, 6 | CT | France | 26545863 | 34.4 | 4.67 |
| Cape Verde | 4358 | 42 | 0.18 | 788.99 | 0.96 | March, 20 | Clusters | UK | 555987 | 29.3 | 5.17 |
| Chad | 1040 | 79 | 0.34 | 4.61 | 7.60 | March, 19 | CT | Cameroon | 16425864 | 28.8 | 4.49 |
| CAR | 4729 | 62 | 0.27 | 22.81 | 1.31 | March, 14 | CT | Italy | 4829767 | 27.3 | 5.82 |
| Congo | 4891 | 114 | 0.49 | 82.20 | 2.33 | March, 14 | CT | France | 5518087 | 23.6 | 2.93 |
| Comoros | 448 | 7 | 0.03 | 50.73 | 1.56 | April 30 | CT | France | 869601 | 27.2 | 7.38 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 18701 | 119 | 0.51 | 73.05 | 0.64 | March, 11 | CT | Italy | 26378274 | 35.5 | 4.45 |
| DRC | 10233 | 260 | 1.12 | 10.88 | 2.54 | March, 10 | CT | France | 89561403 | 26.5 | 3.98 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
4985 | 83 | 0.36 | 515.11 | 1.66 | March, 14 | CT | Spain | 1402985 | 16.2 | 3.11 |
| Eritrea | 330 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.56 | 0.00 | March, 21 | Sporadic | Norway | 3546421 | 22.4 | 2.87 |
| Eswatini | 4884 | 94 | 0.40 | 359.36 | 1.92 | March, 14 | CT | USA, Lesotho | 1160164 | 31.1 | 6.93 |
| Ethiopia | 59648 | 933 | 4.02 | 52.86 | 1.56 | March, 13 | CT | Japan | 114963588 | 40.6 | 3.50 |
| Gabon | 8608 | 53 | 0.23 | 449.31 | 0.62 | March, 12 | CT | France | 2225734 | 20.0 | 2.78 |
| Gambia | 3196 | 99 | 0.43 | 136.83 | 3.10 | March, 17 | CT | UK | 2416668 | 25.2 | 3.28 |
| Ghana | 44777 | 283 | 1.22 | 146.63 | 0.63 | March, 12 | CT | Norway, Turkey | 31072940 | 35.5 | 3.26 |
| Guinea | 9816 | 62 | 0.27 | 68.39 | 0.63 | March, 13 | CT | Belgium | 13132796 | 32.7 | 4.12 |
| Guinea Bissau | 2245 | 38 | 0.16 | 105.97 | 1.69 | March, 25 | CT | Congo, India | 1968001 | 20.0 | 7.24 |
| Kenya | 35205 | 599 | 2.58 | 67.29 | 1.70 | March, 13 | CT | USA | 53771296 | 47.1 | 4.80 |
| Liberia | 1311 | 82 | 0.35 | 25.73 | 6.25 | March, 16 | CT | Switzerland | 5057681 | 35.1 | 8.16 |
| Lesotho | 1164 | 31 | 0.13 | 51.71 | 2.66 | May, 13 | Clusters | South Africa, Saudi Arabia |
2142249 | 30.2 | 8.76 |
| Madagascar | 15352 | 202 | 0.87 | 55.23 | 1.32 | March, 20 | CT | France, Mauritius, | 27691018 | 40.1 | 5.50 |
| Mali | 2870 | 127 | 0.55 | 13.98 | 4.43 | March, 25 | CT | France | 20250833 | 29.0 | 3.79 |
| Mauritania | 7164 | 160 | 0.69 | 157.58 | 2.23 | March, 13 | CT | Europe | 4649658 | 27.5 | 4.40 |
| Mauritius | 356 | 10 | 0.04 | 27.57 | 2.81 | March, 18 | Sporadic | Belgium | 1271768 | 34.9 | 5.72 |
| Malawi | 5621 | 176 | 0.76 | 28.11 | 3.13 | April, 2 | CT | India | 19129952 | 28.0 | 9.65 |
| Mozambique | 4557 | 27 | 0.12 | 14.24 | 0.59 | March, 22 | CT | UK | 31255435 | 28.1 | 4.94 |
| Niger | 1178 | 69 | 0.29 | 3.24 | 5.86 | March, 19 | Clusters | Togo | 24206644 | 32.2 | 7.74 |
| Nigeria | 55160 | 1061 | 4.57 | 26.62 | 1.92 | Feb. 27 | CT | Italy | 207151803 | 37.8 | 3.76 |
| Namibia | 8810 | 91 | 0.39 | 321.09 | 1.03 | March, 14 | CT | Spain | 2540905 | 35.6 | 8.55 |
| Rwanda | 4409 | 19 | 0.08 | 33.61 | 0.43 | March, 14 | Clusters | India | 12952218 | 34.2 | 6.57 |
| Sao Tome & Principe |
898 | 15 | 0.06 | 426.37 | 1.67 | April, 6 | Clusters | † | 219157 | 17.7 | 6.23 |
| Senegal | 13987 | 290 | 1.23 | 80.14 | 2.07 | March, 2 | CT | France | 16743927 | 37.9 | 4.13 |
| Seychelles | 135 | 0 | 0.00 | 136.52 | 0.00 | March, 14 | Sporadic | Italy | 98347 | 31.9 | 5.01 |
| Sierra Leone | 2055 | 71 | 0.31 | 28.86 | 3.45 | March 31 | CT | France | 7976983 | 38.2 | 13.42 |
| South Africa | 639,362 | 15004 | 64.64 | 1127.67 | 2.35 | March, 5 | CT | Italy | 59308690 | 54.8 | 8.11 |
| South Sudan | 2552 | 49 | 0.21 | 17.2 | 1.92 | April, 5 | CT | Netherlands | 11193725 | 21.7 | 9.76 |
| Togo | 1488 | 32 | 0.14 | 18.01 | 2.15 | March, 6 | CT | France, Benin Germany Turkey | 8278724 | 32.5 | 6.20 |
| Uganda | 3776 | 44 | 0.19 | 7.7 | 1.17 | March, 22 | Clusters | Dubai | 45741007 | 44.3 | 6.19 |
| United Rep. of Tanzania |
509 | 21 | 0.09 | 0.79 | 4.13 | March, 16 | CT | Belgium | 59734218 | 36.4 | 3.65 |
| Zambia | 12836 | 295 | 1.27 | 67.85 | 2.3 | March, 18 | CT | France | 18,383955 | 28.7 | 4.47 |
| Zimbabwe | 7116 | 208 | 0.89 | 40.78 | 2.92 | March, 21 | CT | UK | 14862924 | 38.2 | 6.64 |
Afri: African, UK: United Kingdom, CT: Community transmission, CAR: Central African Republic, DRC: Democratic Republic of Congo, Rep: Republic; GDP: Gross domestic product, GHS-I: Global health security index, †: Country not disclosed. All dates refer to 2021