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| 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Africa | |
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| Disease | COVID-19 |
| Virus strain | SARS-CoV-2 |
| Location | Africa |
| First outbreak | Wuhan, Hubei, China |
| Index case | Cairo, Egypt |
| Arrival date | 14 February 2020 |
| Confirmed cases | 308 |
| Suspected cases‡ | 0 |
| Recovered | 42 |
Deaths | 7 |
Territories | 26 |
| ‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. | |
This article documents countries in Africa affected by the coronavirus responsible for the 2019–20 pandemic first recorded in Wuhan, China, and may not include all the most recent responses and measures taken.
Daily confirmed cases
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Confirmed case by country
Daily cases for the most infected African countries as of 15 March 2020:
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Pandemic by country
Algeria
On 25 February, the first case in the country was discovered. On the morning of 2 March, Algeria confirmed two new cases of the coronavirus, a woman and her daughter.[1]
On the afternoon of 3 March, Algeria reported another two new cases of the coronavirus, a state news agency said quoting a statement from the health ministry. The statement added that the two new cases are from the same family, a father and daughter, and were living in France, adding that there's an investigation to determine the identities of the people who were in contact with them.[2]
On Wednesday 4 March, the Ministry of Health recorded 4 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, all from the same family, bringing the total number to 12 confirmed cases.[3]
Burkina Faso
On 9 March, the first two cases in the country were reported in Burkina Faso.[4]
On 13 March, the third case was also confirmed, a person who had had direct contact with the first two cases.[5]
As of March 14, 2020, a total of 7 cases have been confirmed in the country. 5 of the new confirmed cases had had direct contact with the first two cases. 1 is an English national employed at a gold mine in the country who vacationed in Liverpool and came back on March 10, transiting through Vancouver and Paris .[6]
Cameroon
On 6 March the first case was confirmed in Cameroon.[7]
Central African Republic
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[8]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
On 10 March, the first case was reported in the country.[9]
Egypt
Egypt's health ministry announced the first case in the country at Cairo International Airport involving a Chinese national on 14 February.[10][11]
On 6 March, the Egyptian Health Ministry and WHO confirmed 12 new cases of coronavirus infection.[12] The infected persons were among the Egyptian staff aboard the Nile cruise ship MS River Anuket, which was travelling from Aswan to Luxor. On 7 March 2020, health authorities announced that 45 people on board had tested positive, and that the ship had been placed in quarantine at a dock in Luxor.[13]
Equatorial Guinea
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[14]
Eswatini
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[15]
Ethiopia
The country's first case was announced on 13 March, a Japanese man who had arrived in the country on 4 March from Burkina Faso.[16] Three additional cases of the virus were reported on March 15th. The three individuals had close contact with the person who was reported to be infected by the virus on March 13th.[17]
France (Mayotte and Réunion)
Gabon
The country's first case was announced on 12 March, a 27 year old Gabonese man who returned to Gabon from France, 4 days prior to confirmation of the coronavirus.[18]
Ghana
Ghana reported its first two cases on 12 March. The two cases were people who came back to the country from Norway and Turkey, with the contact tracing process beginning.[19][20]
On 11 March, the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, made the cedi equivalent of $100 million available to enhance Ghana's coronavirus preparedness and response plan.
Guinea
On 13 March, an employee of the European Union delegation in Guinea tested positive for coronavirus, a delegation spokesman said on Friday. This is Guinea's first confirmed case of the virus. [21]
Ivory Coast
On 11 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[22]
Kenya
On 13 March, the first case in Kenya was confirmed, a woman who came from the US via London.[23]
Mauritania
On 13 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[24]
Morocco
On 2 March, Morocco recorded its first case of COVID-19. It was a Moroccan national residing in Italy who had returned to Morocco.[25]
Namibia
On 14 March, the first two cases in the country were confirmed.[26]
Nigeria
On 27 February, Nigeria confirmed its first case, the first case of coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa.[27][28] An Italian citizen who works in Nigeria had returned on 25 February from Milan, Italy through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, fell ill on 26 February and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.[29][30][31] The test was confirmed positive by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, part of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.[32] He was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital in Yaba, Lagos.[31] On 28 February, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health announced that the Italian man had travelled on Turkish Airlines with a brief transit at Istanbul.[33] As of 6 March, a total of 219 primary and secondary contacts of the index case had been identified and were being actively monitored.[34]
Republic of the Congo
Rwanda
On 14 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[35]
Senegal
On 2 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[36]
Seychelles
Seychelles reported its first two cases on 14 March. The two cases were people who were in contact with someone in Italy who tested positive.[37]
Spain (Canary Islands)
South Africa
On 5 March the first confirmed case was announced, returning from Italy[38]
Sudan
The country's first case was announced on 13 March, a man who died in Khartoum on 12 March. He had visited the United Arab Emirates in the first week of March.[39]
Togo
On 6 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[40]
Tunisia
On 2 March, the first case in the country was confirmed.[41][42]
As of March 13th there are 13 confirmed cases.
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- ^ Bonnelame, Betyme (14 March 2020). "2 Seychellois test positive for COVID-19 as globe-sweeping virus reaches island nation". Seychelles News Agency. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ "Minister Zweli Mkhize reports first case of Covid-19 Coronavirus". South African Ministry of Health. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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