More than 1,396 coronavirus cases have been confirmed cases in at least 45 African countries with more than 40 deaths according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Worldwide, there are 351,083 confirmed cases, 15,317 deaths while 100,354 have recovered from the pandemic. Only Malawi, Western Sahara, Burundi, Sierra Leone, Mali, Botswana, Lesotho, Guinea-Bissau, Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros, South Sudan and Libya are the only countries in Africa yet to record cases.
Several African countries including Uganda, Angola, Eritrea confirmed their first cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, while Rwanda has become the first nation in Africa to be placed on total lockdown. Today, Monday Zimbabwe which had three cases, recorded one death while Tunisia has reported 14 new cases taking its tally to 85 cases.
Gambia (two cases) recorded a new case and one death. Morocco registered 19 new cases (total 134 cases) and 128 cases have been registered in South Africa (402 total cases).
Burkina Faso has registered 24 new cases (99 total) while another 2 new cases have been registered in Togo (18 total cases). Guinea has also registered two new cases in two French nationals coming from Paris (total 4 cases).
Nigeria has registered 6 new cases (total 36 cases) and the first death of a 67-year-old man who had just returned from the UK. Ghana has reported one more case (total 24 cases) while Gambia has also recorded its first death of a 70-year-old Bangladeshi man (total 2 cases).
Ivory Coast has registered 11 new cases (25 new cases) and Cameroon has recorded 16 (56 total cases). Madagascar reported 9 new cases (total 12 cases).
In Angola, Health minister Silvia Lutucuta said Saturday that two male residents who flew back from Portugal March 17-18 tested positive for COVID-19. Eritrea said its first case of the coronavirus was a 39-year-old Eritrean who had arrived from Norway.
Zimbabwe reported its first case Friday, and a second Saturday, while the island of Mauritius, with 28 cases, reported its first death, a person who had traveled from Belgium via Dubai.
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