Egypt tops
the list with 5,042 cases, followed by South Africa, with 4,996.
Nigeria is
now the 7th most stricken African country by the rampaging invisible
coronavirus.
This followed
the early Wednesday release that put the national total at 1,532 cases.
North African countries, Morocco and
Algeria are next with 4,252 and 3,649 cases.
Cameroon,
Nigeria’s neighbour is fifth with 1,806 cases, while Ghana has 1,671 cases to
place sixth.
Making up the
remaining slots of 10 most afflicted African countries are Guinea, Ivory Coast
and the small nation of Djibouti.
Guinea has
1,240 confirmed cases, Ivory Coast 1,183 and Djibouti 1,072.
In terms of
recoveries, South Africa leads with almost 50 percent of its confirmed cases.
Out of 4,996
cases, 2,073 have recovered and 93 died.
In contrast,
Egypt has 1, 304 recoveries out of 5,042 cases.
But the
country also recorded 359 deaths, the second highest after Algeria’s 437.
Despite the
high death toll, Algeria recorded a recovery rate of near 50 percent.
According to
the worldometers.info on Wednesday, 1,650 COVID-19 patients recovered out of
Algeria’s 3,649.
Morocco,
which is the third most hit African country has the poorest record of recovery
of the top 10.
It was 778
out of a national total of 4,252. The death toll was 165, with 3,309 listed as
active.
Here are the
death and recovery figures for the other six countries:
Cameroon: 59
deaths, 915 recovered
Ghana : 16
deaths, 188 recovered
Nigeria: 44
deaths, 255 recovered
Guinea: 7
deaths, 269 recovered
Ivory Coast:
14 deaths, 525 recovered
Djibouti: 2
deaths, 498 recovered.
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