Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 21 August 2020, 6 pm EAT

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,159,750), deaths (26,999), and recoveries (882,342) by region:

Central (52,477 cases; 1,022 deaths; 40,729 recoveries): Burundi (413; 1; 336), Cameroon (18,662; 408; 17,065), CAR (4,679; 61; 1,755), Chad (972; 76; 869), Congo (3,850; 77; 1,628), DRC (9,802; 248; 8,920), Equatorial Guinea (4,892; 83; 2,713), Gabon (8,319; 53; 6,614), Sao Tome & Principe (888; 15; 829)

Eastern (111,826; 2,409; 64,457): Comoros (399; 7; 379), Djibouti (5,374; 59; 5,216), Eritrea (304; 0; 261), Ethiopia (35,836; 620; 13,536), Kenya (31,763; 532; 18,157), Madagascar (14,218; 178; 13,206), Mauritius (344; 10; 332), Rwanda (2,717; 11; 1,705), Seychelles (132; 0; 126), Somalia (3,265; 93; 2,396), South Sudan (2,494; 47; 1,290), Sudan (12,623; 812; 6,476), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (1,848; 19; 1,199)

Northern (204,469; 7,792; 133,100): Algeria (40,702; 1,398; 28,281), Egypt (97,025; 5,212; 63,462), Libya (9,707; 173; 1,047), Mauritania (6,829; 169; 6,094), Morocco (47,638; 775; 32,806), Tunisia (2,543; 63; 1,397), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (25; 2; 13)

Southern (638,413; 13,479; 521,829): Angola (2,044; 93; 742), Botswana (1,308; 3; 136), Eswatini (4, 110; 81; 2,643), Lesotho (1,015; 30; 472), Malawi (5,282; 165; 2,883), Mozambique (3,115; 20; 1,380), Namibia (5,227 41; 2,442), South Africa (599,940; 12,618; 497,169), Zambia (10,627; 277; 9,437), Zimbabwe (5,745; 151; 4,525)

Western (152,565; 2,297; 122,227): Benin (2,095, 39; 1,705), Burkina Faso (1,297; 55; 1,034), Cape Verde (3,368; 37; 2,462), Cöte d'Ivoire (17,249; 112; 14,611), Gambia (2,401; 81; 435), Ghana (43,260; 261; 41,276), Guinea (8,792; 53; 7,574), Guinea-Bissau (2,149; 33; 1,104), Liberia (1,284; 82; 803), Mali (2,667; 125; 1,993), Niger (1,169; 69; 1,082), Nigeria (50,964; 992; 37,569), Senegal (12,689; 262; 8,165), Sierra Leone (1,969; 69; 1,536), Togo (1,212; 27; 878)

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).