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Table 2 Epidemiology of COVID-19 cases in Africa as of 18 April 2020 [32, 39]

From: COVID-19 pandemic: the implications of the natural history, challenges of diagnosis and management for care in sub-Saharan Africa

Country

Confirmed cases

Deaths

Recoveries

First case/s

Angola

19

2

6

21 March 2020

Benin

35

1

18

16 March 2020

Botswana

15

1

0

30 March 2020

Burkina Faso

557

35

294

9 March 2020

Burundi

6

1

4

31 March 2020

Cameroon

1106

21

168

6 March 2020

Cape Verde

56

1

1

20 March 2020

Centr. Afr. Republic

12

0

5

14 March 2020

Chad

33

0

8

19 March 2020

Comoros

0

0

0

NA

Congo-Brazzaville

143

6

11

10 March 2020

DR Congo

307

25

26

10 March 2020

Equatorial Guinea

79

0

3

14 March 2020

Eritrea

35

0

0

20 March 2020

Eswatini

19

1

8

14 March 2020

Ethiopia

96

3

15

13 March 2020

Gabon

108

1

7

12 March 2020

Gambia

9

1

2

17 March 2020

Ghana

641

8

83

12 March 2020

Guinea

477

3

59

13 March 2020

Guinea-Bissau

50

0

0

25 March 2020

Ivory Coast

742

6

220

11 March 2020

Kenya

246

11

53

12 March 2020

Lesotho

0

0

0

NA

Liberia

76

7

7

16 March 2020

Madagascar

117

0

33

20 March 2020

Malawi

17

2

0

2 April 2020

Mali

190

13

34

25 March 2020

Mauritania

7

1

2

13 March 2020

Mauritius

324

9

108

19 March 2020

Mozambique

34

0

2

22 March 2020

Namibia

26

0

4

14 March 2020

Niger

627

18

110

19 March 2020

Nigeria

493

17

159

27 February 2020

Rwanda

143

0

65

14 March 2020

Sao Tome and Principe

4

0

0

6 Aprril 2020

Senegal

342

3

198

2 March 2020

Seychelles

11

0

5

14 March 2020

Sierra Leone

26

0

0

31 March 2020

South Africa

2783

50

903

5 March 2020

South Sudan

4

0

0

5 April 2020

Tanzania

147

5

11

16 March 2020

Togo

83

5

48

6 March 2020

Uganda

55

0

20

20 March 2020

Zambia

52

2

30

18 March 2020

Zimbabwe

24

3

2

15 March 2020