{"id":165097,"date":"2020-09-08T21:17:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T19:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid19-cases-as-of-8-september-2020-6-pm?lang=en"},"modified":"2020-09-08T21:17:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T19:17:53","slug":"coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid-19-cases-as-of-8-september-2020-6-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid-19-cases-as-of-8-september-2020-6-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 8 September 2020, 6 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/9b4989c74966e54\/600\/418\" alt=\"Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (1,307,444) deaths (31,520), and recoveries (1,045,575) by region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central (55,513 cases; 1,050 deaths; 47,793 recoveries):<\/strong> Burundi (466; 1; 374), Cameroon (19,604; 414; 18,448), CAR (4,729; 62; 1,818), Chad (1,040; 79; 919), Congo (4,891; 83; 3,887), DRC (10,292; 260; 9,501), Equatorial Guinea (4,985; 83; 4,454), Gabon (8,608; 53; 7,533), Sao Tome &amp; Principe (898; 15; 859)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern (145,264; 2,880; 79,013):<\/strong> Comoros (452; 7; 410), Djibouti (5,388; 61; 5,327), Eritrea (330; 0; 295), Ethiopia (59,648; 933; 21, 789), Kenya (35,356; 599; 21,483), Madagascar (15,435; 206; 14,219), Mauritius (356; 10; 335), Rwanda (4,409; 19; 2,271), Seychelles (137; 0; 127), Somalia (3,362; 97; 2,738), South Sudan (2,545; 48; 1,294), Sudan (13,437; 833; 6,730), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (3,900; 46; 1,817)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern (251,983; 9,060; 178,344):<\/strong> Algeria (46,364; 1,556; 32,745), Egypt (100,041; 5,541; 79,008), Libya (19,583; 314; 2,247), Mauritania (7,149; 160; 6,476), Morocco (73,780; 1,394; 56,096), Tunisia (5,041; 93; 1,752), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (25; 2; 20)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern (689,605; 16,057; 600,174):<\/strong> Angola (2,981; 120; 1,215), Botswana (2,002; 8; 493), Eswatini (4,884; 94; 4,029), Lesotho (1,164; 31; 568), Malawi (5,621; 176; 3,590), Mozambique (4,647; 28; 2,715), Namibia (8,810; 91; 3,806), South Africa (639,362; 15,004; 566,555), Zambia (12,836; 295; 11,748), Zimbabwe (7,298; 210; 5,455)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western (165,079; 2,473; 140,251):<\/strong> Benin (2,194, 40; 1,793), Burkina Faso (1,463; 56; 1,112), Cape Verde (4,358; 42; 3,790), C&ouml;te d&#039;Ivoire (18,701; 119; 17,599), Gambia (3,197; 99; 1,324), Ghana (45,012; 283; 43,898), Guinea (9,798; 61; 8,928), Guinea-Bissau (2,245; 38; 1,226), Liberia (1,311; 82; 1,194), Mali (2,870; 127; 2,246), Niger (1,178; 69; 1,097), Nigeria (55,160; 1,061; 43,231), Senegal (14,044; 292; 10,088), Sierra Leone (2,055; 71; 1,611), Togo (1,493; 33; 1,114)<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC).<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"well well-sm\"><b>Media files<\/b><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/97d05bc93dca18c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/97d05bc93dca18c\" alt=\"Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/97d05bc93dca18c\">Download logo<\/a><\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; 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