Number of COVID-19 Delta variant cases in Africa 2022, by country

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Saifaddin Galal,
Jan 31, 2024
As of March 28, 2022, over 27 thousand SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant cases were reported in Africa. The coronavirus (COVID-19) Delta variant was identified in more than 45 African countries, with South Africa leading in number of infections caused by it. First identified in India, the Delta strain is higly contagious and spread faster than other variants. Overall, more than 11.5 million cases of COVID-19 were registered in Africa since the beginning of the pandemic.

Number of SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant cases in Africa as of March 28, 2022, by country

CharacteristicNumber of cases
South Africa 11,837
Nigeria 2,608
Kenya 2,418
Botswana 1,233
Ghana 1,100
Seychelles 862
Senegal 817
Tunisia 496
Gambia 444
Uganda 442
Malawi 436
Ethiopia 426
Mozambique 412
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March 2022

Region

Africa

Survey time period

March 28, 2022

Supplementary notes

Latest available data in each respective country:
Algeria - Mar 13, 2022
Angola - Feb 2, 2022
Benin - Feb 21, 2022
Botswana - Feb 17, 2022
Burkina Faso - Feb 17, 2022
Burundi - Oct 7, 2021
Cameroon - Feb 17, 2022
Central African Republic - Mar 9, 2022
Chad - Mar 6, 2022
Comoros - Mar 22, 2022
Cote d'Ivoire - Feb 21, 2022
Djibouti - Feb 17, 2022
Egypt - Jan 25, 2022
Equatorial Guinea - Mar 1, 2022
Eswatini - Feb 3, 2022
Ethiopia - Mar 22, 2022
Gabon - Jan 20, 2022
Gambia - Jan 19, 2022
Ghana - Feb 28, 2022
Guinea - Feb 24, 2022
Guinea - Bissau - Nov 3, 2021
Kenya - Mar 22, 2022
Lesotho - Dec 7, 2021
Liberia - Sep 16, 2021
Malawi - Mar 21, 2022
Mali - Sep 17, 2021
Mauritania - Mar 23, 2022
Mauritius - Mar 20, 2022
Morocco - Mar 15, 2022
Mozambique - Jan 25, 2022
Namibia - Mar 18, 2022
Niger - Feb 17, 2022
Nigeria - Mar 22, 2022
Republic of the Congo - Feb 17, 2022
Rwanda - Feb 14, 2022
Sao Tome and Principe - Feb 24, 2022
Senegal - Jan 10, 2022
Seychelles - Mar 17, 2022
Sierra Leone - Dec 14, 2021
South Africa - Mar 28, 2022
South Sudan - Mar 1, 2022
Sudan - Feb 3, 2022
Togo - Sep 3, 2021
Tunisia - Mar 24, 2022
Uganda - Feb 10, 2022
Zambia - Dec 23, 2021
Zimbabwe - Jan 18, 2022

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