AFRICAN UNION MEMBERS STATES REPORTS 4,158,923 COVID-19 CASES AS OF 20 MARCH 21

USPA NEWS - Africa Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (4,158,923), deaths (109,444) and recoveries (3,667,946) by region: CENTRAL (114,426 cases; 1,911 deaths; 100,654 recoveries): Burundi (2,563; 3; 1,155), Cameroon (38,988; 588; 34,887), CAR (5,075; 64; 4,938), Chad (4,380; 157; 3,864), Congo (9,564; 134; 7,898), DRC (27,356; 726; 24,361), Equatorial Guinea (6,666; 100; 6,121), Gabon (17,711; 106; 15,495), Sao Tome and Principe (2,123; 33; 1,935)
EASTERN (455,106; 8,275; 342,619): Comoros (3,665; 146; 3,471), Djibouti (6,501; 63; 6,040), Eritrea (3,118; 7; 2,865), Ethiopia (183,863; 2,618; 145,687), Kenya (118,889; 1,954; 89,388), Madagascar (22,113; 340; 20,851), Mauritius (803; 10; 590), Rwanda (20,681; 287; 19,143), Seychelles (3,616; 16; 3,055), Somalia (9,925; 414; 4,420), South Sudan (9,809; 106; 8,215), Sudan (30,989; 1,959; 23,583), Tanzania** (509; 21; 178), Uganda (40,625; 334; 15,133)
NORTHERN (1,222,852; 34,766; 1,073,689): Algeria (124,970; 3,053; 80,515), Egypt (194,127; 11,512; 149,256), Libya (150,341; 2,487; 137,073), Mauritania (17,570; 446; 16,863), Morocco (491,019; 8,755; 478,386), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (49; 7; 35), Tunisia (244,776; 8,506;

Africa Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases (4,158,923), deaths (109,444) and recoveries (3,667,946) by region: CENTRAL (114,426 cases; 1,911 deaths; 100,654 recoveries): Burundi (2,563; 3; 1,155), Cameroon (38,988; 588; 34,887), CAR (5,075; 64; 4,938), Chad (4,380; 157; 3,864), Congo (9,564; 134; 7,898), DRC (27,356; 726; 24,361), Equatorial Guinea (6,666; 100; 6,121), Gabon (17,711; 106; 15,495), Sao Tome and Principe (2,123; 33; 1,935) EASTERN (455,106; 8,275; 342,619): Comoros (3,665; 146; 3,471), Djibouti (6,501; 63; 6,040), Eritrea (3,118; 7; 2,865), Ethiopia (183,863; 2,618; 145,687), Kenya (118,889; 1,954; 89,388), Madagascar (22,113; 340; 20,851), Mauritius (803; 10; 590), Rwanda (20,681; 287; 19,143), Seychelles (3,616; 16; 3,055), Somalia (9,925; 414; 4,420), South Sudan (9,809; 106; 8,215), Sudan (30,989; 1,959; 23,583), Tanzania** (509; 21; 178), Uganda (40,625; 334; 15,133)---------------------------------- NORTHERN (1,222,852; 34,766; 1,073,689): Algeria (124,970; 3,053; 80,515), Egypt (194,127; 11,512; 149,256), Libya (150,341; 2,487; 137,073), Mauritania (17,570; 446; 16,863), Morocco (491,019; 8,755; 478,386), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (49; 7; 35), Tunisia (244,776; 8,506; 211,561)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SOUTHERN (1,884,338; 58,996; 1,768,714): Angola (21,642; 524; 20,065), Botswana (35,815; 458; 31,128), Eswatini  (17,274; 664; 15,981), Lesotho (10,535; 309; 3,922), Malawi (33,174; 1,092; 27,847), Mozambique (65,799; 740; 52,391), Namibia (41,965; 486; 39,221), South Africa (1,535,423; 52,035; 1,461,196), Zambia (86,059; 1,178; 82,714), Zimbabwe (36,652; 1,510; 34,249) WESTERN (482,201; 5,496; 382,270): Benin (6,818; 90; 5,552), Burkina Faso (12,450; 145; 11,998), Cabo Verde (16,374; 159; 15,699), Côte d'Ivoire (39,434; 216; 36,152), Gambia (5,153; 162; 4,760), Ghana (89,008; 713; 84,952), Guinea (81,562; 108; 15,862), Guinea Bissau (3,536; 55; 2,824), Liberia (2,042; 85; 1,899), Mali (9,191; 367; 6,603), Niger (4,911; 185; 4,537), Nigeria (161,539; 2,027; 147,581), Senegal (37,541; 1,003; 33,931), Sierra Leone (3,947; 79; 2,789), Togo (8,695; 102; 7,131)

INDIA REPORTS NEARLY Nearly 60,000 NEW CASES--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to Indian health authorities, the country has recorded 59,117 new cases, a figure up from the 53,476 identified the day before, and the highest for more than 5 months. India has 11.846 million confirmed cases. At the same time, 257 coronavirus-related deaths have been accounted for. Bringing the death toll to 160,949. CHINA REPORTS OFFICIALLY 11 NEW CASES ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to the National Health Commission, all the cases involve people arriving from abroad and seven of them were detected in Shanghai. Officially, 90,147 infections have been identified in mainland China. Since mid-January, the country has not recorded any new deaths linked to COVID-19. The toll of the epidemic in the country remains unchanged, with 4,636 deaths. Source AU, CDC Africa, Les Echos France