As of 9 am East African Time (EAT) 5 January 2021, a total of 2,852,491 COVID-19 cases and 67,943 deaths (CFR: 2.4%) have been reported in 55 African Union (AU) Member States. This is 3.4% of all cases reported globally. The majority (84%) of Member States continue to report community transmission. Of the countries actively reporting COVID-19 epidemiologic data, nineteen countries are reporting case fatality rates higher than the global case fatality rate of 2.2%. These include Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (8.8%), Sudan (6.3%), Egypt (5.5%), Chad (4.7%), Liberia (4.6%), Mali (3.8%), Tunisia (3.4%), Democratic Republic of Congo (3.3%), Gambia (3.3%), Niger (3.2%), Sierra Leone (2.8%), Malawi (2.8%), Algeria (2.8%), Somalia (2.8%), South Africa (2.7%), Zimbabwe (2.4%), Mauritania (2.4%), Eswatini (2.4%) and Angola (2.3%).
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