- More Than Three Million COVID-19 Cases Recorded Worldwide
More than three million cases of coronavirus have been officially registered across the world, with nearly 80 per cent in Europe and the United States, according to a tally by ABN TV on Monday using official figures.
At least 3,003,344 infections have been detected, including 209,388 deaths, mostly in Europe where there are 1,393,779 cases and 126,233 deaths.
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The United States, the country where the pandemic is progressing the most rapidly, has 980,008 cases including 55,637 deaths.
The number of detected cases is believed to represent only a fraction of the true number of infections because most countries carry out only limited testing.
Coronavirus in Africa: 27,385 cases; 1,297 deaths; 8,172 recoveries
There are now more than over 27,600 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The whole of Africa has rising cases with only two countries holding out as of April 23.
We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data. The classifications are based on where the countries are located especially in the case of countries that belong to two different blocs, like Tanzania in East Africa, despite belonging to EAC and SADC.
Major African stats: April 24 at 7:00 GMT:
- Confirmed cases = 27,385
- Number of deaths = 1,297
- Recoveries = 8,172
- Infected countries = 52
- Virus-free countries = 2 (Lesotho, Comoros)
Countries in alphabetical order
- Algeria – 3,007
- Angola – 25
- Benin – 54
- Botswana – 22
- Burkina Faso – 616
- Burundi – 11
- Cameroon – 1,334
- Cape Verde – 82
- Central African Republic – 16
- Chad – 33
- Comoros – 0
- Congo-Brazzaville – 186
- DR Congo – 394
- Djibouti – 986
- Egypt – 3,891
- Equatorial Guinea – 84
- Eritrea – 39
- Eswatini – 31
- Ethiopia – 116
- Gabon – 167
- (The) Gambia – 10
- Ghana – 1,154
- Guinea – 862
- Guinea-Bissau – 50
- Ivory Coast – 1,004
- Kenya – 330
- Lesotho – 0
- Liberia – 101
- Libya – 60
- Madagascar – 121
- Malawi – 33
- Mali – 309
- Mauritania – 7
- Mauritius – 331
- Morocco – 3,568
- Mozambique – 46
- Namibia – 16
- Niger – 671
- Nigeria- 981
- Rwanda – 154
- Sao Tome and Principe – 4
- Senegal – 479
- Seychelles – 11
- Sierra Leone – 64
- Somalia – 328
- South Africa – 3,953
- South Sudan – 5
- Sudan – 174
- Tanzania – 284
- Togo – 88
- Tunisia – 918
- Uganda – 74
- Zambia – 76
- Zimbabwe – 29
