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Table 3 COVID-19 core indicators for SSA countries, by region (to August 8, 2020) [45]

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

Indicator

All countries

Western

Central

Eastern

Southern

New cases

10,742

1069

291

2025

7566

Cumulative cases

843,322

164,405

31,851

89,633

557,433

Attack rate (per 100,000)

77.82

37.19

23.53

21.13

679.07

New deaths

365

16

5

32

312

Cumulative deaths

14,884

2717

538

1521

10,108

Case fatality rate

1.8%

1,7%

1.7%

1.7%

1.8%