Coronavirus Present Situation in Africa. South Africa 1.369.426 cases

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the name given to the new coronavirus of 2019. COVID-19 is the name given to the disease associated with the virus. SARS-CoV-2 is a new strain of coronavirus that has not previously been identified in humans.

The next table shows African countries with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 21 January 2020 – 02:22 p.m. CET.

Reporting Country	Total Confirmed Cases	Total deaths	Recovered
South Africa	1.369.426	38.854	1.160.412
Ethiopia	132.034	2.044	117.353
Nigeria	114.691	1.478	92.336
Algeria	104.606	2.849	71.127
Kenya	99.444	1.736	82.654
Ghana	58.822	358	56.286
Zambia	40.949	585	31.522
Uganda	38.628	305	13.413
Namibia	31.253	301	29.230
Zimbabwe	29.408	879	19.253
Mozambique	29.396	271	19.484
Cameroon	28.010	455	26.861
Côte d’Ivoire	25.597	142	23.867
Senegal	23.909	552	19.916
Democratic Republic of the Congo	21.398	644	14.865
Angola	19.093	444	16.921
Botswana	18.630	88	14.624
Madagascar	18.301	273	17.609
Mauritania	16.212	407	14.829
Malawi	14.851	353	6.206
Guinea	14.236	81	13.509
Eswatini	13.789	427	8.652
Cabo Verde	13.224	121	12.400
Rwanda	11.860	153	7.812
Gabon	10.120	66	9.809
Burkina Faso	9.553	106	7.637
Mali	7.897	318	5.658
Congo	7.709	114	5.846
Lesotho	7.504	103	1.867
Equatorial Guinea	5.365	86	5.191
Central African Republic	4.974	63	4.885
Togo	4.459	74	3.865
Niger	4.249	147	3.324
Gambia	3.938	128	3.697
South Sudan	3.773	64	3.542
Benin	3.557	46	3.284
Sierra Leone	3.030	77	2.109
Chad	3.012	114	2.178
Guinea-Bissau	2.510	45	2.405
Comoros	1.933	54	1.210
Eritrea	1.910	6	1.234
Liberia	1.901	84	1.714
Burundi	1.322	2	773
Seychelles	762	2	601
Mauritius	556	10	518
Tanzania	509	21	183
TOTAL	2.378.310	55.530	1.962.671