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Outbreak Brief 61: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

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The curve continues to trend downward to the level reported in October 2020. The majority (91%) of Member States continue to report community transmission. 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 (16.7%), Sudan (6.3%), Egypt (5.9%), Liberia (4.2%), Mali (4.1%), Somalia (4.1%), Zimbabwe (4.1%), Comoros (4.0%), Eswatini (3.8%), Niger (3.7%), Chad (3.6%), Tunisia (3.5%), South Africa (3.4%), Malawi (3.3%), Gambia (3.0%), Lesotho (2.9%), DR Congo (2.6%), Algeria (2.6%), Senegal (2.6%), Mauritania (2.5%), and Angola (2.4%).

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