The Word Health Organization has revealed that COVID-19 outbreak is rapidly evolving on the African Continent since its last situation report announced on March 25th 2020, on the subject.
WHO says four new countries in the WHO African Region, namely Botswana, Burundi, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leonne have reported confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Forty-two (89%) out of 47 Member States of the WHO African Region are now affected. The number of cases and deaths has more than doubled since its last report, with new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 65 new deaths reported in the WHO African Region.
As of 1 April 2020, a cumulative total of 3 766 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 95 deaths have been reported across the 42 affected countries in the region.
The most affected countries in the WHO African Region are: South Africa (1 353 cases), Algeria (584 cases), Burkina Faso (261 cases), Senegal (175 cases), Cote d’Ivoire (169 cases) and Ghana (152). Together, these countries account for 72% of the cases reported in the region.
source: allafrica.com
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