Coronavirus - UNICEF Benin COVID-19 Situation Report No. 21: 4-18 September 2020

Situation overview Since March 2020, a total of 2,280 COVID-19 confirmed cases were identified in Benin out of 132,787 tests conducted. The situation seems to stabilize, with 38 new cases identified in the last two weeks. Download report: https://bit.ly/33D6FH6 No death related to COVID-19 were recorded in the reporting period. Fatality…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 17 September 2020, 6 pm

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,374,616), deaths (33,262), and recoveries (1,127,939) by region: Central (56,608 cases; 1,065 deaths; 48,996 recoveries): Burundi (472; 1; 448), Cameroon (20,303; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,782; 62; 1,830), Chad (1,090; 81; 960), Congo (4,934; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,442; 267; 9,840), Equatorial Guinea (5,000;…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 16 September 2020, 6 pm

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,366,236) deaths (33,065), and recoveries (1,117,386) by region: Central (56,511 cases; 1,065 deaths; 48,923 recoveries): Burundi (472; 1; 448), Cameroon (20,271; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,772; 62; 1,828), Chad (1,087; 81; 944), Congo (4,934; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,414; 267; 9,827), Equatorial Guinea (5,000;…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 15 September 2020, 6 pm

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,360,635) deaths (32,809), and recoveries (1,108,235) by region: Central (56,489 cases; 1,065 deaths; 48,908 recoveries): Burundi (472; 1; 448), Cameroon (20,271; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,772; 62; 1,828), Chad (1,085; 81; 940), Congo (4,928; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,401; 267; 9,817), Equatorial Guinea (5,000;…

Coronavirus - African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,359,724) deaths (32,795), and recoveries (1,106,991)

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,359,724) deaths (32,795), and recoveries (1,106,991) by region: Central (56,216 cases; 1,062 deaths; 48,847 recoveries): Burundi (472; 1; 448), Cameroon (20,009; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,772; 62; 1,828), Chad (1,085; 81; 940), Congo (4,928; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,390; 264; 9,756), Equatorial Guinea (5,000;…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 14 September 2020, 6 pm

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,354,567) deaths (32,643), and recoveries (1,091,636) by region: Central (56,176 cases; 1,061 deaths; 48,757 recoveries): Burundi (471; 1; 448), Cameroon (20,009; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,749; 62; 1,825), Chad (1,084; 80; 938), Congo (4,928; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,390; 264; 9,756), Equatorial Guinea (4,996;…

Coronavirus - African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,347,544) deaths (32,527), and recoveries (1,085,422)

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,347,544) deaths (32,527), and recoveries (1,085,422) by region: Central (56,175 cases; 1,061 deaths; 48,679 recoveries): Burundi (471; 1; 374), Cameroon (20,009; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,749; 62; 1,825), Chad (1,083; 80; 938), Congo (4,928; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,390; 264; 9,756), Equatorial Guinea (4,996;…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases 9 am EAT 12 September 2020

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,339,171) deaths (32,356), and recoveries (1,076,207) by region: Central (56,142 cases; 1,058 deaths; 48,541 recoveries):  Burundi (469; 1; 374), Cameroon (20,009; 415; 18,837), CAR (4,749; 62; 1,825), Chad (1,081; 79; 934), Congo (4,928; 88; 3,887), DRC (10,361; 262 9,622), Equatorial Guinea (4,996;…

Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 10 September 2020, 6 pm

African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,322,452), deaths (31,913), and recoveries (1,059,892) by region: Central (55,597 cases; 1,052 deaths; 47,954 recoveries): Burundi (466; 1; 374), Cameroon (19,604; 414; 18,448), CAR (4,736; 62; 1,825), Chad (1,048; 79; 931), Congo (4,891; 83; 3,887), DRC (10,343; 262 9,533), Equatorial Guinea (4,990;…

Coronavirus - Africa: COVID-19 Genome Sequencing Laboratory Network Launches in Africa

Ongoing sequencing is already providing crucial information for determining the type of SARS-CoV-2 lineage circulating in some countries

With several African countries now expanding COVID-19 testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) have launched a network of laboratories to reinforce genome sequencing of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, in Africa.…