Coronavirus Cases Across Africa Now Over 600 (Check Out The Numbers In Each Country)

African countries on Wednesday confirmed 644 cases of coronavirus, 17 deaths and 65 recoveries according to Worldometer  and on Wednesday alone, 119 new cases was confirmed across the continent.

Nigeria confirmed five new cases that are independent of the previous three cases. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, said that all five cases had a travel history to UK and U.S.

In response to the increase in the spread of the virus the Lagos State Government said on Wednesday that it may “advise religious leaders in the state to stop Friday and Sunday services as part of the measures to curb the spread of the virus.”

In Egypt, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population, on Wednesday, announced on its Facebook page 14 new positive cases.

The new cases are two foreigners and 12 Egyptians, who had all come in contact with earlier positive cases.

In South Africa, the official South African News Agency confirmed through a tweet that the country had 31 new cases. Of the 31, six cases were that of local transmission.

Their ages range from 2-69 according to a report written by South African Minister of Health, Zwelini Mkhize.

Below are the countries with confirmed cases in Africa and their total number of cases according to Worldometer on March 18:-👇

Algeria 75; 7 deaths; 32 recoveries

Benin 2

Burkina Faso 20; 1 death

Cameroon 13

Central African Republic 1

Republic of Congo 1

Ivory Coast 9; 1 death

Democratic Republic of the Congo 7

Egypt 210; 6 deaths; 28 recoveries

Equatorial Guinea 4

Swaziland 1

Ethiopia 6

Gabon 3

Ghana 7

Guinea 1

Kenya 7

Liberia 2

Morocco 54; 2 deaths; 1 recovery

Mauritania 3

Mauritius 3

Namibia 2

Nigeria 8; 1 recovery

Rwanda 11

Sudan 2

Senegal 36; 2 recoveries

Somalia 1

Seychelles 6

Tunisia 29; 1 recovery

Tanzania 3

Togo 1

South Africa 116

Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Rwanda, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Benin, Sudan, Mauritania, Tanzania, and DRC has each recorded at least one new case of the COVID-19 virus.

Burkina Faso is the first sub-Saharan country in the continent to confirm a death.