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Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 7 October 2020, 9 am EAT

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, October 7, 2020/APO Group/ --

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,526,000) deaths (37,098), and recoveries (1,262,348) by region:

Central (58,169 cases; 1,084 deaths; 51,385 recoveries): Burundi (514; 1; 472), Cameroon (20,924; 420; 19,764), CAR (4,852; 62; 1,921), Chad (1,238; 86; 1,077), Congo (5,089; 89; 3,995), DRC (10,778; 274; 10,239), Equatorial Guinea (5,052; 83; 4,894), Gabon (8,808; 54; 8,135), Sao Tome & Principe (914; 15; 888)

Eastern (177,640; 3,412; 104,687): Comoros (491; 7; 468), Djibouti (5,423; 61; 5,423), Eritrea (398; 0; 358), Ethiopia (80,003; 1,238; 34,960), Kenya (39,586; 743; 27,331), Madagascar (16,600; 234; 15,698), Mauritius (395; 10; 357), Rwanda (4,873; 29; 3,246), Seychelles (148; 0; 143), Somalia (3,745; 99; 3,010), South Sudan (2,734; 50; 1,294), Sudan (13,653; 836; 6,764), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (9,082; 84; 5,457)

Northern (361,833; 11,558; 278,242): Algeria (52,242; 2,067; 36,763), Egypt (103,902; 6,001; 97,449), Libya (37,437; 596; 16,430), Mauritania (7,523; 161; 7,188), Morocco (137,248; 2,410; 115,354), Tunisia (23,453; 321; 5,032), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (28; 2; 26)

Southern (749,158; 18,400; 667,314): Angola (5,530; 195; 2,577), Botswana (3,172; 16; 710), Eswatini (5,598; 112; 5,169), Lesotho (1,683; 39; 926), Malawi (5,796; 180; 4,545**), Mozambique (9,398; 67; 6,358), Namibia (11,654; 125; 9,419), South Africa (683,242; 17,103; 616,857), Zambia (15,170; 334; 14,313), Zimbabwe (7,915; 229; 6,440)

Western (179,200; 2,644; 160,720): Benin (2,357, 41; 1,973), Burkina Faso (2,197; 59; 1,441), Cape Verde (6,518; 69; 5,632), Côte d'Ivoire (19,903; 120; 19,539), Gambia (3,613; 117; 2,233), Ghana (46,829; 303; 46,060), Guinea (10,863; 68; 10,176), Guinea-Bissau (2,362; 39; 1,638), Liberia (1,354; 82; 1,240), Mali (3,195; 131; 2,494), Niger (1,200; 69; 1,115), Nigeria (59,583; 1,113; 51,308), Senegal (15,068; 312; 12,751), Sierra Leone (2,277; 72; 1,710), Togo (1,881; 49; 1,410)

**Africa CDC inadvertently reported 4,549 recoveries for Malawi. Correct value now listed.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).

    Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 7 October 2020, 9 am EAT