{"id":170097,"date":"2020-10-26T17:48:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid19-cases-as-of-26-october-2020-9-am-eat?lang=en"},"modified":"2020-10-26T17:48:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T15:48:54","slug":"coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid-19-cases-as-of-26-october-2020-9-am-eat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/coronavirus-african-union-member-states-reporting-covid-19-cases-as-of-26-october-2020-9-am-eat\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 26 October 2020, 9 am EAT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"image_wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/thumb\/c3a51511ad4eaaf\/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 (1,716,864) deaths (41,262), and recoveries (1,406,528) by region:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Central (59,760 cases; 1,133 deaths; 53,067 recoveries):<\/strong>&nbsp;Burundi (557; 1; 511), Cameroon (21,570; 425; 20,117), CAR (4,862; 62; 1,924), Chad (1,437; 96; 1,268), Congo (5,253; 92; 4,400), DRC (11,143; 305; 10,473), Equatorial Guinea (5,079; 83; 4,962), Gabon (8,919; 54; 8,512), Sao Tome &amp; Principe (940; 15; 900)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eastern (204,718; 3,803; 129,852):<\/strong> Comoros (517; 7; 494), Djibouti (5,536; 61; 5,402), Eritrea (461; 0; 405), Ethiopia (93,343; 1,426; 47,543), Kenya (49,721; 902; 34,209), Madagascar (16,968; 244; 16,301), Mauritius (435; 10; 386), Rwanda (5,066; 34; 4,830), Seychelles (153; 0; 149), Somalia (3,941; 104; 3,185), South Sudan (2,883; 56; 2,655), Sudan (13,742; 837; 6,764), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (11,443; 101; 7,351)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northern (472,367; 13,193; 344,290):<\/strong> Algeria (56,143; 1,914; 39,095), Egypt (106,540; 6,199; 98,903), Libya (56,013; 795; 30,731), Mauritania (7,663; 163; 7,308), Morocco (197,481; 3,301; 163,195), Tunisia (48,499; 819; 5,032), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (28; 2; 26)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Southern (792,570; 20,403; 705,542):<\/strong> Angola (9,381; 268; 3,508), Botswana (4,578; 21; 927), Eswatini (5,854; 116; 5,502), Lesotho (1,940; 43; 970), Malawi (5,890; 183; 5,291), Mozambique (11,986; 86; 9,253), Namibia (12,660; 133; 10,779), South Africa (715,868; 18,968; 646,170), Zambia (16,137; 348; 15,345), Zimbabwe (8,276; 237; 7,797)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Western (187,449, 2,730; 173,777):<\/strong> Benin (2,557, 41; 2,330), Burkina Faso (2,451; 65; 2,019), Cape Verde (8,396; 94; 7,285), C&ocirc;te d&#039;Ivoire (20,470; 122; 20,166), Gambia (3,660; 119; 2,660), Ghana (47,690; 316; 46,887), Guinea (11,635; 71; 10,474), Guinea-Bissau (2,403; 41; 1,782), Liberia (1,393; 82; 1,278), Mali (3,490; 133; 2,661), Niger (1,215; 69; 1,129), Nigeria (61,992; 1,130; 57,465), Senegal (15,551; 321; 14,254), Sierra Leone (2,346; 74; 1,787), Togo (2,200; 52; 1,600)<\/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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