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Coronavirus – Africa: 46 countries reporting a total COVID-19 2,746 cases, 72 deaths, as of 9:30 am EAT – 26 March 2020

Countries (46) reporting a total COVID-19 2,746 cases, 72 deaths, and 210 recoveries by region:

Central (150 cases, 5 deaths, 4 recoveries):  Cameroon (75, 1, 3), Central African Republic (5, 0, 0), Chad (3, 0, 0), Congo (4, 0, 0), DRC (48, 3, 1), Equatorial Guinea (9, 0, 0), Gabon (6, 1, 0)

Eastern (197, 3, 4): Djibouti (11, 0, 0), Eritrea (4, 0, 0), Ethiopia (12, 0, 4), Kenya (25, 0, 0), Madagascar (19, 0, 0), Mauritius (48, 2, 0), Rwanda (41, 0, 0), Seychelles (7, 0, 0), Somalia (1, 0, 0), Sudan (3, 1, 0), Tanzania (12, 0, 0), Uganda (14, 0, 0)

Northern (1,159, 53, 180): Algeria (302, 21, 77), Egypt (456, 21, 95), Libya (1, 0, 0), Mauritania (2, 0, 0), Morocco (225, 6, 7), Tunisia (173, 5, 1)

Southern (743, 1, 2): Angola (3, 0, 0 ), Eswatini (5, 0, 0), Mozambique (5, 0, 0),  Namibia (6, 0, 0), South Africa (709, 0, 2), Zambia (12, 0, 0), Zimbabwe (3, 1, 0)

Western (497, 10, 21): Benin (6, 0, 0), Burkina Faso (146, 4, 5), Cape Verde (3, 1, 0), Côte d'Ivoire (80, 0, 3), Gambia (3, 1, 0), Ghana (68, 2, 1), Guinea (4, 0, 0), Guinea-Bissau (2, 0, 0), Liberia (3, 0, 0), Mali (2, 0, 0), Niger (7, 1, 0), Nigeria (51, 1, 2), Senegal (99, 0, 9), Togo (23, 0, 1).

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).