African countries have so far recorded 6555 confirmed coronavirus cases and 244 deaths, according to the covid-19-africa.sen.ovh website. According to the Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, by Wednesday there were 5856 COVID-19 cases in Sub-Saharan Africa and 229 confirmed deaths related to the virus, up from 463 cases and 8 deaths on March 18. In early March, Africa’s COVID-19 cases by country were in the single digit, but by mid-month those numbers had spiked leading the World Health Organization to sound the alarm. The most impacted nation in the continent is South Africa with 1380 confirmed cases and five deaths. Algeria ranks second with 847 confirmed cases and 58 fatalities, followed by Egypt which recorded 779 confirmed vases and 52 deaths.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2020 15:45 UTC