Predicted implications over 52 weeks of widespread community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by country in the World Health Organization African Region
Country | Total population estimate (2019) | Risk of exposure(0 - lowest; 1 - highest) | Total estimated infections | Infections per capita | Distribution by type of infection | Deaths | No of hospital admissions | ||||
Non-symptomatic | Mild infections | Moderate infections | Severe infections | Critical infections | |||||||
Algeria | 42 228 429 | 0.216 | 25 601 319 | 0.26 | 21 336 366 | 2 036 229 | 2 036 229 | 26 646 | 17 389 | 29 354 | 532 730 |
Angola | 30 809 762 | 0.085 | 9 374 921 | 0.30 | 7 811 646 | 744 559 | 744 559 | 3762 | 2462 | 4066 | 184 918 |
Benin | 11 485 048 | 0.030 | 1 360 309 | 0.12 | 1 132 376 | 107 960 | 107 960 | 725 | 482 | 792 | 27 117 |
Botswana | 2 254 126 | 0.024 | 213 522 | 0.09 | 177 688 | 16 945 | 16 945 | 139 | 92 | 152 | 4298 |
Burkina Faso | 19 751 535 | 0.023 | 1 811 521 | 0.09 | 1 507 818 | 143 757 | 143 757 | 1154 | 476 | 1007 | 36 131 |
Burundi | 11 175 378 | 0.136 | 4 921 938 | 0.44 | 4 103 321 | 391 135 | 391 135 | 2215 | 1378 | 2336 | 97 466 |
Cabo Verde | 543 767 | 0.081 | 158 736 | 0.29 | 132 170 | 12 606 | 12 606 | 118 | 77 | 129 | 3220 |
Cameroon | 25 216 237 | 0.099 | 8 650 261 | 0.34 | 7 206 950 | 687 117 | 687 117 | 4791 | 2990 | 5074 | 172 690 |
Central African Republic | 4 666 377 | 0.052 | 924 272 | 0.20 | 769 514 | 73 375 | 73 375 | 560 | 369 | 611 | 18 539 |
Chad | 15 477 751 | 0.003 | 220 640 | 0.01 | 183 645 | 17 505 | 17 505 | 95 | 60 | 101 | 4356 |
Comoros | 832 322 | 0.066 | 204 291 | 0.25 | 170 159 | 16 221 | 16 221 | 97 | 65 | 106 | 4055 |
Congo, Dem Rep | 84 068 091 | 0.051 | 16 467 004 | 0.20 | 13 712 570 | 1 307 261 | 1 307 261 | 8239 | 5428 | 8960 | 327 410 |
Congo, Rep | 5 244 363 | 0.053 | 1 053 489 | 0.20 | 877 184 | 83 635 | 83 635 | 588 | 391 | 644 | 21 051 |
Cote d'Ivoire | 25 069 229 | 0.080 | 7 192 921 | 0.29 | 5 992 069 | 571 224 | 571 224 | 3475 | 2304 | 3791 | 142 872 |
Equatorial Guinea | 1 308 974 | 0.227 | 819 289 | 0.63 | 683 646 | 65 171 | 65 171 | 391 | 255 | 423 | 16 286 |
Eritrea | 4 475 000 | 0.006 | 118 425 | 0.03 | 98 560 | 9396 | 9396 | 59 | 37 | 62 | 2351 |
Eswatini | 1 136 191 | 0.093 | 371 606 | 0.33 | 309 591 | 29 516 | 29 516 | 197 | 128 | 213 | 7409 |
Ethiopia | 109 224 559 | 0.009 | 4 254 002 | 0.04 | 3 539 877 | 337 525 | 337 525 | 2497 | 1636 | 2713 | 85 139 |
Gabon | 2 119 275 | 0.136 | 935 148 | 0.44 | 779 146 | 74 314 | 74 314 | 700 | 455 | 762 | 18 990 |
Gambia, The | 2 280 102 | 0.059 | 503 998 | 0.22 | 419 826 | 40 015 | 40 015 | 199 | 129 | 213 | 9931 |
Ghana | 29 767 108 | 0.041 | 4 783 076 | 0.16 | 3 981 908 | 379 663 | 379 663 | 2789 | 1767 | 2978 | 95 675 |
Guinea | 12 414 318 | 0.059 | 2 764 527 | 0.22 | 2 302 216 | 219 489 | 219 489 | 1470 | 946 | 1581 | 55 094 |
Guinea-Bissau | 1 874 309 | 0.055 | 388 820 | 0.21 | 323 799 | 30 868 | 30 868 | 193 | 127 | 210 | 7729 |
Kenya | 51 393 010 | 0.030 | 6 157 172 | 0.12 | 5 125 709 | 488 663 | 488 663 | 3445 | 1805 | 3340 | 122 529 |
Lesotho | 2 108 132 | 0.051 | 410 895 | 0.19 | 341 999 | 32 620 | 32 620 | 304 | 202 | 335 | 8335 |
Liberia | 4 818 977 | 0.065 | 1 155 575 | 0.24 | 962 431 | 91 753 | 91 753 | 585 | 386 | 637 | 22 991 |
Madagascar | 26 262 368 | 0.026 | 2 729 032 | 0.10 | 2 271 625 | 216 577 | 216 577 | 1562 | 872 | 1563 | 54 413 |
Malawi | 18 143 315 | 0.050 | 3 463 021 | 0.19 | 2 883 220 | 274 913 | 274 913 | 2019 | 1343 | 2213 | 69 341 |
Mali | 19 077 690 | 0.015 | 1 154 252 | 0.06 | 960 677 | 91 588 | 91 588 | 602 | 398 | 656 | 22 981 |
Mauritania | 4 403 319 | 0.003 | 60 309 | 0.01 | 50 053 | 4785 | 4785 | 114 | 72 | 126 | 1335 |
Mauritius | 1 265 303 | 0.461 | 1 097 013 | 0.87 | 916 588 | 87 424 | 87 424 | 1005 | 358 | 837 | 22 345 |
Mozambique | 29 495 962 | 0.048 | 5 380 072 | 0.18 | 4 479 773 | 427 085 | 427 085 | 2773 | 1843 | 3031 | 107 116 |
Namibia | 2 448 255 | 0.030 | 289 700 | 0.12 | 240 624 | 22 992 | 22 992 | 475 | 315 | 536 | 6308 |
Niger | 22 442 948 | 0.002 | 166 248 | 0.01 | 138 369 | 13 189 | 13 189 | 71 | 46 | 77 | 3283 |
Nigeria | 195 874 740 | 0.081 | 56 941 648 | 0.29 | 47 438 888 | 4 522 073 | 4 522 073 | 25 771 | 17 103 | 28 107 | 1 128 172 |
Rwanda | 12 301 939 | 0.128 | 5 197 581 | 0.42 | 4 332 265 | 413 005 | 413 005 | 2599 | 1689 | 2809 | 103 409 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 211 028 | 0.227 | 132 079 | 0.63 | 110 211 | 10 506 | 10 506 | 64 | 42 | 69 | 2627 |
Senegal | 15 854 360 | 0.067 | 3 937 580 | 0.25 | 3 279 437 | 312 654 | 312 654 | 2136 | 1293 | 2225 | 78 467 |
Seychelles | 96 762 | 0.449 | 83 212 | 0.89 | 69 382 | 6631 | 6631 | 164 | 78 | 159 | 1834 |
Sierra Leone | 7 650 154 | 0.064 | 1 810 218 | 0.24 | 1 507 815 | 143 729 | 143 729 | 843 | 501 | 868 | 35 839 |
South Africa | 57 779 622 | 0.126 | 24 023 691 | 0.42 | 20 007 604 | 1 908 888 | 1 908 888 | 21 692 | 14 028 | 23 661 | 493 853 |
South Sudan | 10 975 920 | 0.016 | 725 250 | 0.07 | 603 553 | 57 549 | 57 549 | 436 | 272 | 462 | 14 520 |
Tanzania | 56 318 348 | 0.050 | 10 663 921 | 0.19 | 8 879 299 | 846 553 | 846 553 | 5885 | 3618 | 6180 | 212 676 |
Togo | 7 889 094 | 0.033 | 1 038 493 | 0.13 | 864 616 | 82 423 | 82 423 | 506 | 322 | 539 | 20 609 |
Uganda | 42 723 139 | 0.037 | 6 213 392 | 0.15 | 5 174 085 | 493 170 | 493 170 | 2724 | 1470 | 2670 | 122 555 |
Zambia | 17 351 822 | 0.042 | 2 841 111 | 0.16 | 2 365 797 | 225 520 | 225 520 | 1390 | 769 | 1381 | 56 284 |
Zimbabwe | 14 439 018 | 0.045 | 2 515 899 | 0.17 | 2 094 954 | 199 713 | 199 713 | 1257 | 775 | 1319 | 49 963 |
Africa region | 1 064 747 476 | 0.081 | 231 281 401 | 0.22 | 192 651 016 | 18 369 484 | 18 369 484 | 139 521 | 89 043 | 150 078 | 4 637 240 |
Best case scenario | 1 064 747 476 | 0.073 | 166 016 889 | 0.16 | 134 792 528 | 14 409 643 | 14 409 643 | 81 876 | 52 253 | 82 735 | 3 592 443 |
Worst case scenario | 1 064 747 476 | 0.089 | 275 695 204 | 0.26 | 260 049 209 | 21 898 853 | 21 898 853 | 167 044 | 106 599 | 189 579 | 5 529 368 |