Table 2

Predicted implications over 52 weeks of widespread community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by country in the World Health Organization African Region

CountryTotal population estimate (2019)Risk of exposure(0 - lowest; 1 - highest)Total estimated infectionsInfections per capitaDistribution by type of infectionDeathsNo of hospital admissions
Non-symptomaticMild infectionsModerate infectionsSevere infectionsCritical infections
Algeria42 228 4290.21625 601 3190.2621 336 3662 036 2292 036 22926 64617 38929 354532 730
Angola30 809 7620.0859 374 9210.307 811 646744 559744 559376224624066184 918
Benin11 485 0480.0301 360 3090.121 132 376107 960107 96072548279227 117
Botswana2 254 1260.024213 5220.09177 68816 94516 945139921524298
Burkina Faso19 751 5350.0231 811 5210.091 507 818143 757143 7571154476100736 131
Burundi11 175 3780.1364 921 9380.444 103 321391 135391 13522151378233697 466
Cabo Verde543 7670.081158 7360.29132 17012 60612 606118771293220
Cameroon25 216 2370.0998 650 2610.347 206 950687 117687 117479129905074172 690
Central African Republic4 666 3770.052924 2720.20769 51473 37573 37556036961118 539
Chad15 477 7510.003220 6400.01183 64517 50517 50595601014356
Comoros832 3220.066204 2910.25170 15916 22116 22197651064055
Congo, Dem Rep84 068 0910.05116 467 0040.2013 712 5701 307 2611 307 261823954288960327 410
Congo, Rep5 244 3630.0531 053 4890.20877 18483 63583 63558839164421 051
Cote d'Ivoire25 069 2290.0807 192 9210.295 992 069571 224571 224347523043791142 872
Equatorial Guinea1 308 9740.227819 2890.63683 64665 17165 17139125542316 286
Eritrea4 475 0000.006118 4250.0398 560939693965937622351
Eswatini1 136 1910.093371 6060.33309 59129 51629 5161971282137409
Ethiopia109 224 5590.0094 254 0020.043 539 877337 525337 52524971636271385 139
Gabon2 119 2750.136935 1480.44779 14674 31474 31470045576218 990
Gambia, The2 280 1020.059503 9980.22419 82640 01540 0151991292139931
Ghana29 767 1080.0414 783 0760.163 981 908379 663379 66327891767297895 675
Guinea12 414 3180.0592 764 5270.222 302 216219 489219 4891470946158155 094
Guinea-Bissau1 874 3090.055388 8200.21323 79930 86830 8681931272107729
Kenya51 393 0100.0306 157 1720.125 125 709488 663488 663344518053340122 529
Lesotho2 108 1320.051410 8950.19341 99932 62032 6203042023358335
Liberia4 818 9770.0651 155 5750.24962 43191 75391 75358538663722 991
Madagascar26 262 3680.0262 729 0320.102 271 625216 577216 5771562872156354 413
Malawi18 143 3150.0503 463 0210.192 883 220274 913274 91320191343221369 341
Mali19 077 6900.0151 154 2520.06960 67791 58891 58860239865622 981
Mauritania4 403 3190.00360 3090.0150 05347854785114721261335
Mauritius1 265 3030.4611 097 0130.87916 58887 42487 424100535883722 345
Mozambique29 495 9620.0485 380 0720.184 479 773427 085427 085277318433031107 116
Namibia2 448 2550.030289 7000.12240 62422 99222 9924753155366308
Niger22 442 9480.002166 2480.01138 36913 18913 1897146773283
Nigeria195 874 7400.08156 941 6480.2947 438 8884 522 0734 522 07325 77117 10328 1071 128 172
Rwanda12 301 9390.1285 197 5810.424 332 265413 005413 005259916892809103 409
Sao Tome and Principe211 0280.227132 0790.63110 21110 50610 5066442692627
Senegal15 854 3600.0673 937 5800.253 279 437312 654312 65421361293222578 467
Seychelles96 7620.44983 2120.8969 38266316631164781591834
Sierra Leone7 650 1540.0641 810 2180.241 507 815143 729143 72984350186835 839
South Africa57 779 6220.12624 023 6910.4220 007 6041 908 8881 908 88821 69214 02823 661493 853
South Sudan10 975 9200.016725 2500.07603 55357 54957 54943627246214 520
Tanzania56 318 3480.05010 663 9210.198 879 299846 553846 553588536186180212 676
Togo7 889 0940.0331 038 4930.13864 61682 42382 42350632253920 609
Uganda42 723 1390.0376 213 3920.155 174 085493 170493 170272414702670122 555
Zambia17 351 8220.0422 841 1110.162 365 797225 520225 5201390769138156 284
Zimbabwe14 439 0180.0452 515 8990.172 094 954199 713199 7131257775131949 963
Africa region 1 064 747 4760.081231 281 4010.22192 651 01618 369 48418 369 484139 52189 043150 0784 637 240
Best case scenario 1 064 747 4760.073166 016 8890.16134 792 52814 409 64314 409 64381 87652 25382 7353 592 443
Worst case scenario 1 064 747 4760.089275 695 2040.26260 049 20921 898 85321 898 853167 044106 599189 5795 529 368