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Table 1 COVID-19 MORTALITY AND FATALITY IN AFRICA, WORLDOMETER (08/11/2020)

From: COVID-19 in Africa: an ovarian victory?

Country

Total Cases

Incidence Ratea

Total Deaths

Mortality Rateb

Fatality Ratec

Total Recoveries

Recovery Rate

Active Cases

Population

Africa

1,866,132

19.1

44,961

3.3

2.4

1,563,497

83.8

257,674

1,351,785,936

South Africa

734,175

65.2

19,749

33.2

2.7

675,593

92.0

38,833

59,573,601

Morocco

246,349

111.3

4127

11.1

1.7

200,954

81.6

41,268

37,065,690

Egypt

108,754

2.2

6343

6.2

5.8

100,106

92.0

2305

103,012,988

Ethiopia

98,746

33.7

1512

1.3

1.5

58,103

58.8

39,131

115,957,311

Tunisia

66,334

235.1

1721

14.5

2.6

36,727

55.4

27,886

11,862,542

Libya

66,444

389.7

915

13.3

1.4

38,624

58.1

26,905

6,904,355

Nigeria

63,731

1.3

1154

0.6

1.8

59,844

93.9

2733

207,922,463

Kenya

60,704

36.0

1093

2.0

1.8

40,131

66.1

19,480

54,186,063

Algeria

60,800

39.1

2024

4.6

3.3

41,510

68.3

17,266

44,129,712

Ghana

48,788

3.0

320

1.0

0.7

47,521

97.4

947

31,300,404

Cameroon

22,103

2.0

429

1.6

1.9

21,151

95.7

523

26,776,416

Ivory Coast

20,801

0.7

126

0.5

0.6

20,477

98.4

198

26,606,218

Madagascar

17,111

1.6

244

0.9

1.4

16,409

95.9

458

27,939,136

Zambia

16,819

3.3

349

1.9

2.1

15,862

94.3

608

18,562,871

Senegal

15,676

0.3

326

1.9

2.1

15,294

97.6

56

16,897,589

Uganda

13,852

13.0

131

0.3

0.9

7727

55.8

5994

46,240,646

Sudan

13,996

7.7

1115

2.5

8.0

9484

67.8

3397

44,207,179

Mozambique

13,485

6.7

99

0.3

0.7

11,275

83.6

2111

31,559,731

Namibia

13,143

56.0

133

5.2

1.0

11,578

88.1

1432

2,557,098

Guinea

12,363

11.6

73

0.6

0.6

10,751

87.0

1539

13,256,726

Angola

12,223

19.0

300

0.9

2.5

5626

46.0

6297

33,220,108

DRC

11,517

0.4

315

0.3

2.7

10,838

94.1

364

90,504,645

Cabo Verde

9224

136.4

100

17.9

1.1

8363

90.7

761

558,131

Gabon

9022

4.0

55

2.5

0.6

8878

98.4

89

2,244,088

Zimbabwe

8471

1.6

250

1.7

3.0

7983

94.2

238

14,939,395

Botswana

7835

96.0

27

1.1

0.3

5534

70.6

2274

2,368,293

Mauritania

7804

3.6

165

3.5

2.1

7469

95.7

170

4,692,224

Réunion

6264

95.5

27

3.0

0.4

5380

85.9

857

897,590

Eswatini

5976

13.3

117

10.0

2.0

5704

95.4

155

1,164,431

Malawi

5942

2.1

184

1.0

3.1

5346

90.0

412

19,302,215

Djibouti

5604

6.2

61

6.1

1.1

5481

97.8

62

993,078

Congo

5379

25.2

92

1.7

1.7

3887

72.3

1400

5,565,493

Rwanda

5208

1.7

36

0.3

0.7

4953

95.1

219

13,064,256

Equatorial Guinea

5092

2.7

85

6.0

1.7

4968

97.6

39

1,418,901

CAR

4866

59.3

62

1.3

1.3

1924

39.5

2880

4,859,344

Mayotte

4550

560.2

45

16.4

1.0

2964

65.1

1541

275,114

Somalia

4229

5.5

107

0.7

2.5

3247

76.8

875

16,047,330

Gambia

3684

1.5

121

5.0

3.3

3527

95.7

36

2,440,259

Mali

3657

3.4

137

0.7

3.7

2817

77.0

703

20,453,317

South Sudan

2943

14.2

59

0.5

2.0

1290

43.8

1594

11,240,267

Benin

2745

1.9

43

0.4

1.6

2466

89.8

236

12,233,806

Burkina Faso

2562

0.6

67

0.3

2.6

2366

92.3

129

21,102,610

Togo

2460

8.2

57

0.7

2.3

1720

69.9

683

8,346,548

Guinea-Bissau

2414

25.7

42

2.1

1.7

1862

77.1

510

1,984,256

Sierra Leone

2373

6.1

74

0.9

3.1

1807

76.1

492

8,033,910

Lesotho

1967

41.8

44

2.0

2.2

1024

52.1

899

2,148,298

Chad

1538

0.5

99

0.6

6.4

1362

88.6

77

16,589,510

Liberia

1442

1.0

82

1.6

5.7

1310

90.8

50

5,099,231

Niger

1230

0.1

69

0.3

5.6

1143

92.9

18

24,507,853

Sao Tome and Principe

960

15.4

16

7.3

1.7

910

94.8

34

220,590

Burundi

606

0.8

1

0.0

0.2

511

84.3

94

12,013,565

Comoros

557

2.9

7

0.8

1.3

525

94.3

25

876,094

Tanzania

509

0.5

21

0.0

4.1

183

36.0

305

60,325,109

Eritrea

484

1.5

0

0.0

0.0

429

88.6

55

3,563,784

Mauritius

453

2.1

10

0.8

2.2

419

92.5

27

1,272,525

Seychelles

158

3.0

0

0.0

0.0

155

98.1

3

98,564

Western Sahara

10

0.2

1

0.2

10.0

0

0.0

1

602,465

  1. aincidence rate per 100,000; bmortality rate per 100,000 persons and cfatality rate expressed in percentage
  2. https://www.worldometers.info/Accessed on 8th November,2020