46 AFRICAN COUNTRIES REPORTED A TOTAL OF 4,282 CASES 134 DEATHS & 302 RECOVERED

USPA NEWS - COUNTRIES (46) REPORT8G A TOTAL COVID-19 4,282 CASES, 134 DEATHS & 302 RECOVERIES BY REGION:
Central (214 cases, 9 deaths, 6 recoveries):  Cameroon (99, 2, 2), Central African Republic (6, 0, 3), Chad (5, 0, 0), Congo (19, 0, 0), DRC (65, 6, 1), Equatorial Guinea (13, 0, 0), Gabon (7, 1, 0). Eastern (324, 4, 6): Djibouti (15, 0, 0), Eritrea (6, 0, 0), Ethiopia (16, 0, 4), Kenya (38, 1, 1), Madagascar (28, 0, 0), Mauritius (102, 2, 0), Rwanda (60, 0, 0), Seychelles (8, 0, 0), Somalia (3, 0, 0), Sudan (5, 1, 0), Tanzania (13, 0, 1), Uganda (30, 0, 0). Northern (1,716, 98, 211): Algeria (454, 29, 77), Egypt (576, 36, 121), Libya (3, 0, 0), Mauritania (3, 0, 0), Morocco (402, 25, 12), Tunisia (278, 8, 1). Southern (1,230, 2, 31): Angola (3, 0, 0 ), Eswatini (8, 0, 0), Mozambique (8, 0, 0),  Namibia (6, 0, 0), South Africa (1,170, 1, 31), Zambia (28, 0, 0), Zimbabwe (7, 1, 0). Western (798, 21, 48): Benin (6, 0, 0), Burkina Faso (207, 11, 21), Cape Verde (5, 1, 0), Côte d'Ivoire (140, 0, 3), Gambia (3, 1, 0), Ghana (141, 5, 2), Guinea (8, 0, 0), Guinea-Bissau (2, 0, 0), Liberia (3, 0, 0), Mali (18, 0, 0), Niger (10, 1, 0), Nigeria (97, 1, 3), Senegal (130, 0, 18), Togo (28, 1,

Countries (46) reporting a total COVID-19 4,282 cases, 134 deaths, and 302 recoveries by region: Central (214 cases, 9 deaths, 6 recoveries):  Cameroon (99, 2, 2), Central African Republic (6, 0, 3), Chad (5, 0, 0), Congo (19, 0, 0), DRC (65, 6, 1), Equatorial Guinea (13, 0, 0), Gabon (7, 1, 0). Eastern (324, 4, 6): Djibouti (15, 0, 0), Eritrea (6, 0, 0), Ethiopia (16, 0, 4), Kenya (38, 1, 1), Madagascar (28, 0, 0), Mauritius (102, 2, 0), Rwanda (60, 0, 0), Seychelles (8, 0, 0), Somalia (3, 0, 0), Sudan (5, 1, 0), Tanzania (13, 0, 1), Uganda (30, 0, 0). Northern (1,716, 98, 211): Algeria (454, 29, 77), Egypt (576, 36, 121), Libya (3, 0, 0), Mauritania (3, 0, 0), Morocco (402, 25, 12), Tunisia (278, 8, 1). Southern (1,230, 2, 31): Angola (3, 0, 0 ), Eswatini (8, 0, 0), Mozambique (8, 0, 0),  Namibia (6, 0, 0), South Africa (1,170, 1, 31), Zambia (28, 0, 0), Zimbabwe (7, 1, 0). Western (798, 21, 48): Benin (6, 0, 0), Burkina Faso (207, 11, 21), Cape Verde (5, 1, 0), Côte d'Ivoire (140, 0, 3), Gambia (3, 1, 0), Ghana (141, 5, 2), Guinea (8, 0, 0), Guinea-Bissau (2, 0, 0), Liberia (3, 0, 0), Mali (18, 0, 0), Niger (10, 1, 0), Nigeria (97, 1, 3), Senegal (130, 0, 18), Togo (28, 1, 1). Source : Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). GAMBIA : GAMBIA REGISTERED ONE NEW LABORATORY CONFIRMED CAE OF COVID-19 (29th March 2020)--- Ministry of Health hereby inform the public that Gambia registered one new laboratory confirmed case of COVID-19. A 53-year old Gambian who arrived in The Gambia from France on the 15th March (was in the same flight with the first case) Flight No. AT 579, Royal Air Maroc with 58 people onboard (including the crew). o prevent yourself and your family, always wash your hands with soap, do NOT touch your face, do NOT shake hands, keep away from public gatherings, observe social distancing. For more info call 1025 help line. Source : OUA, Africa CDC GHANA: SITUATION UPADTE 152 CONFIRMED COVID-19 WITH 5 DEATHS IN GHANA At 29 March 2020, As of 29th March 2020, at 10:30 hrs, 11 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ghana. Ten (10) of the new cases were among persons who were under mandatory quarantine in Tamale under the direction of the Regional Security Committee of the Northern Region. The 10 cases were Guinean residents who travelled through Burkina Faso and Togo to Ghana and were picked following intelligence report. The eleventh case was recorded in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Ghana´s total cases now stand at 152 with five deaths.