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Table 3.

Top three most-affected provinces or hotspots based on the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in each wave in the DRC from EW11, 2020 to EW 52, 2021

First wave (n = 9641), N (%)	Second wave (n = 16,643), N (%)	Third wave (n = 24,172), N (%)	Fourth wave (n = 21,662), N (%)
Kinshasa 7,666 (79.5%) Nord Kivu 640 (6.6%) Kongo Central 426 (4.4%)	Kinshasa 11,467 (68.9%) Haut Katanga 1474 (9.8%) Kongo Central 1123 (6.7%)	Kinshasa 12,489 (51.6%) Nord Kivu 3029 (12.5%) Haut Katanga 1796 (7.4%)	Kinshasa 11,227 (52.2%) Kongo Central 2058 (9.5%) Haut Katanga 1846 (8.6%)

First wave
(n = 9641), N (%)

Second wave
(n = 16,643), N (%)

Third wave
(n = 24,172), N (%)

Fourth wave
(n = 21,662), N (%)

Kinshasa 7,666 (79.5%)

Nord Kivu 640 (6.6%)

Kongo Central 426 (4.4%)

Kinshasa 11,467 (68.9%)

Haut Katanga 1474 (9.8%)

Kongo Central 1123 (6.7%)

Kinshasa 12,489 (51.6%)

Nord Kivu 3029 (12.5%)

Haut Katanga 1796 (7.4%)

Kinshasa 11,227 (52.2%)

Kongo Central 2058 (9.5%)

Haut Katanga 1846 (8.6%)