30 African countries reported cases of COVID-19

By Lyu Qiang | People's Daily app

(Photo: Africa CDC)

Johannesburg (People’s Daily) -- 457 total COVID-19 confirmed cases have been reported in 30 African countries as of Tuesday, more than half of Africa's total.

According to a report of the Africa CDC, a total of 10 deaths have been reported in four African countries.

The numbers of confirmed cases in each country announced by the African CDC on Twitter:

Algeria (55), Benin (1), Burkina Faso(20), Cameroon (10), Central African Rep.(1), Congo(1), Côte D'ivoire(6), DRC (4), Egypt(166), Equatorial Guinea (1), Eswatini(1), Ethiopia (5), Gabon (1), Ghana(6), Guinea (1), Kenya (4), Liberia (2), Mauritania (1), Morocco (38), Namibia (2), Nigeria (3), Rwanda (7), Senegal (27), Seychelles (4), Somalia (1), South Africa (62), Sudan (1), Tanzania (1), Togo (1), Tunisia (24).

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