The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased testing.
Whiles the figures remain very low in a number of countries, quite a sizeable number has passed the 1000 mark with only South Africa and Egypt breaching the 10,000 mark.
South Africa one of Africa’s most impacted country has been praised by some analysts for their dedication to mass and intensive testing which an African Union Centers for Disease Control, CDC, official has asked that all countries need to scale up if the magnitude of infection is to be ascertained.
This article looks at a regional breakdown of countries that have passed the 1000 mark and above.
All figures valid as of May 18 at 07:00 GMT
Major African stats: May 18 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 84,521
Number of deaths = 2,759
Recoveries = 32,515
Active cases = 49,322
North Africa
Algeria – 7,019
Egypt – 12,229
Morocco – 6,870
Tunisia – 1,037
West Africa
Ghana – 5,735
Guinea – 2,658
Ivory Coast – 2,109
Nigeria – 5,959
Senegal – 2,480
Central Africa
Cameroon – 3,105
DR Congo – 1,455
Gabon – 1,320
East Africa
Djibouti – 1,401
Somalia – 1,421
Sudan – 2,289
Southern Africa
Details: Most impacted countries per region
North Africa = Egypt: 12,229 cases, 3,174 recoveries, 630 deaths
Central Africa = Cameroon: 3,105 cases, 1,567 recoveries, 140 deaths
West Africa = Nigeria: 5,959 cases, 1,594 recoveries, 182 deaths
East Africa = Sudan: 2,289 cases, 222 recoveries, 97 deaths
Southern Africa = South Africa: 13,515 cases, 7,006 recoveries, 264 deaths
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