Africa: COVID-19 Beta variant cases 2022

As of March 27, 2022, over 10,500 SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant cases were reported in Africa. The coronavirus (COVID-19) Beta variant (B.1.351) was first detected in South Africa in late 2020. The country reported more than 7,300 infections caused by the variant so far. 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 Beta variant cases in Africa as of March 27, 2022, by country

Characteristic	Number of cases
South Africa	7,335
Malawi	487
Mozambique	364
Botswana	343
Zimbabwe	331
Madagascar	274
Angola	270
Zambia	243
Kenya	222
Namibia	174
Djibouti	128
Eswatini	91
Rwanda	51
Equatorial Guinea	46
Seychelles	29
Ghana	25
Cote d'Ivoire	21
Cameroon	15
Uganda	15
Lesotho	14
Sudan	14
Mauritius	8
Togo	6
Liberia	6
Comoros	6
Tunisia	5
Gabon	5
Burundi	5
Benin	4
Somalia	4
South Sudan	3
Senegal	3
Ethiopia	2
Nigeria	2
Guinea-Bissau	1
Central African Republic	1
Morocco	1
Niger	1

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

March 2022

More information

Region

Africa

Survey time period

March 27, 2022

Supplementary notes

Latest available data in each respective country:
Angola - Sep 30, 2021
Benin - Dec 4, 2021
Botswana - Nov 24, 2021
Burundi - Jul 13, 2021
Cameroon - Feb 17, 2022
Central African Republic - May 26, 2021
Comoros - Mar 23, 2021
Cote d'Ivoire - Feb 21, 2022
Djibouti - Sep 3, 2021
Equatorial Guinea - Sep 29, 2021
Eswatini - Feb 3, 2022
Ethiopia - Nov 10, 2021
Gabon - Aug 17, 2021
Ghana - Dec 25, 2021
Guinea - Bissau - May 17, 2021
Kenya - Feb 28, 2022
Lesotho - Mar 18, 2021
Liberia - Sep 16, 2021
Madagascar - Jan 10, 2022
Malawi - Mar 21, 2022
Mauritius - Jul 6, 2021
Morocco - Jul 31, 2021
Mozambique - Jan 18, 2022
Namibia - Mar 18, 2022
Niger - Nov 9, 2021
Nigeria - Sep 15, 2021
Rwanda - Oct 4, 2021
Senegal - Jan 10, 2022
Seychelles - Oct 6, 2021
Somalia - Sep 3, 2021
South Africa - Mar 27, 2022
South Sudan - Jul 13, 2021
Sudan - Oct 2, 2021
Togo - Sep 3, 2021
Tunisia - Feb 22, 2022
Uganda - Jul 30, 2021
Zambia - Mar 14, 2022
Zimbabwe - Aug 27, 2021

The source does not specify the publication date. The release date is the date of access.