#COVID19 – Updates from #Africa for Africa

(Posted 17th October 2022)

In view of the lower numbers of new COVID19 cases will this update now be filed – at least for the time being – every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Should case numbers start to increase again on a significant scale will the work daily updates resume.

This update is sponsored by #BrusselsAirlines, serving #Entebbe / #Uganda – #Bujumbura / #Burundi – #Kigali / #Rwanda in East Africa.

Global overview
630.019.196 Cases and 6.571.725 Deaths as of 17th October 2022

609.168.196 cases have recovered.

The mortality rate stands at 1.04 percent

Note: Some African countries are yet to file their daily updates

#Africa:

#SouthAfrica 4.023.358
#Morocco 1.265.220
#Tunisia 1.145.930
#Egypt 515.645
#Libya 507.010
#Ethiopia 493.738
#Kenya 338.578
#Zambia 333.624
#Botswana 326.344
#Algeria 270.740
#Nigeria 265.937
#Zimbabwe 257.893
#Mozambique 230.370
#Ghana 170.321

#Uganda 169.396
#Namibia 169.253
#Rwanda 132.528

#Cameroon 121.652
#Angola 103.131
#DRC 92.972
#Senegal 88.555
#Malawi 88.057
#IvoryCoast 87.598
#eSwatini 73.436
#Madagascar 66.687
#Sudan 63.375
#Mauretania 63.110
#CaboVerde 62.397
#Burundi 50.289
#Gabon 48.810
#Seychelles 47.141
#Mauritius 40.548
#Tanzania 39.679
#Togo 39.252
#Guinea 37.950
#Lesotho 34.490
#Mali 32.709
#Benin 27.782
#Somalia 27.223
#Congo 24.837

#BurkinaFaso 21.631
#SouthSudan 17.823
#EquatorialGuinea 17.081
#Djibouti 15.690
#CAR 14.957
#Gambia 12.508
#Eritrea 10.182
#Niger 9.931
#GuineaBissau 8.831
#Comoros 8.481
#Liberia 7.985
#SierraLeone 7.752
#Chad 7.605
#SaoTomeandPrincipe 6.252
#SaintHelena 1.748
#WesternSahara 10

and

#Reunion 473.028
#Mayotte 40.297 both #France

Total cases in Africa: 12.659.402

Total deaths in Africa: 257.741

Total active cases in Africa: 403.683 Thereof critical: 1000