As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 16 February 2021, a total of 3,759,165 COVID-19 cases and 98,915 deaths (CFR: 2.6%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This is 3.5% of all cases reported globally. The majority (84%) of Member States continue to report community transmission. Seven Member States reported the presence of the 501Y.V1 variant (lineage B.1.1.7): DR Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, and The Gambia. Nine Member States have reported the presence of the 501Y.V2 variant (B.1.351): Botswana, Comoros, DR Congo, Ghana, Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zambia Of the countries actively reporting COVID-19 epidemiologic data, 21 are reporting case fatality rates higher than the global case fatality rate of 2.2%: Sahrawi Republic (17.1%), Sudan (6.7%), Egypt (5.8%), Liberia (4.3%), Mali (4.2%), Zimbabwe (4.0%), Comoros (3.9%), Eswatini (3.8%), Niger (3.6%), Chad (3.6%), Tunisia (3.4%), Malawi (3.3%), South Africa (3.2%), The Gambia (3.1%), Somalia (2.9%), DR Congo (2.8%), Algeria (2.7%), Mauritania (2.5%), Angola (2.4%), Senegal (2.4%), and Lesotho (2.3%).
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