Africa faces Covid-19 catastrophe
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The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has risen to almost 10,000 and caused more than 500 deaths. The continent now faces an imminent catastrophe, according to the World Health Organization
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COVID-19 cases* (deaths) 

Morocco 1,184 (90)
Tunisia 623 (23)
Senegal  237 (2)
Algeria 1,468 (193)
Egypt 1,450 (94) 
Sudan 14 (2)
Mauritania 6 (1)
Burkina Faso 384 (19)
Gambia 4 (1) 
Guinea 144 (0)
Liberia 14 (3)
Ivory Coast 349 (3)
Ghana 287(5)
Togo 65 (3)
Benin 26 (1)
Equatorial Guinea 18 (0)
Zambia 39 (1)
Cameroon 685 (9)
Nigeria 254 (11)
Ethiopia 52 (2) 
Kenya 172 (6)
Djibouti 121 (0) 
Somalia 8 (0) 
Rwanda 105 (0) 
Tanzania 24(1)
Gabon 30(1) 
D.R. Congo 183 (20)
Zimbabwe 11 (2)
Eswatini 10 (0)
Namibia 16 (0)
C.A.R. 9 (0)
Congo 60 (5)
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1,446,557 (83,149) World 
9,801 (511) Africa
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South Africa: 1,749 (13)
Cases rising quickly in Africa’s most industrialised economy
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Africa’s relatively weak health systems also face other infectious diseases – from HIV and malaria to tuberculosis
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Sources: WHO, Johns Hopkins University *Data as at April 8, 2020 © GRAPHIC NEWS