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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 7 Updated COVID-19 cases, number of fatalities and case fatality rates of 16 countries in SSA

From: Risk assessment for COVID-19 transmission at household level in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from DHS

Countries

Date

No. of cases of COVID

No. of fatalities

Case fatality rates (CFR)

Nigeria

7/20/21

169,678

2128

1.25%

Senegal

7/20/21

52,671

1227

2.33%

Guinea

7/20/21

24,711

190

0.77%

Benin

7/20/21

8244

107

1.30%

Mali

7/20/21

14,514

530

3.65%

Tanzania

7/20/21

509

21

4.13%

Rwanda

7/20/21

58,235

666

1.14%

Burundi

7/20/21

5942

8

0.13%

Ethiopia

7/20/21

277,780

4357

1.57%

Uganda

7/20/21

90,656

2392

2.64%

South Africa

7/20/21

2,302,304

67,080

2.91%

Zimbabwe

7/20/21

85,732

2697

3.15%

Malawi

7/20/21

43,817

1352

3.09%

Zambia

7/20/21

186,279

3113

1.67%

Angola

7/20/21

40,906

969

2.37%

Chad

7/20/21

4964

174

3.51%

  1. Source: World Health Organization