The recent decrease has been mostly due to a decline in the number of cases reported in at least twenty countries including Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe which are among those that have reported the highest number of cumulative cases in the region. [...] The international borders in the affected area are also porous with many people crossing daily, potentiating the threat of spread to countries in the Eastern and Central African sub-region, where an HEV outbreak among Ethiopian refugees in Sudan and other hotspots in the country have recently been reported. [...] The WHO African Region, accounts for 2.4% 129 million doses and is expecting up to 117 million doses by of global cases and 2.7% of global deaths, making it one of the the end of September. [...] SITUATION INTERPRETATION A total of 21 countries are still experiencing a resurgence of The weekly number of cases reported in the WHO African COVID-19 cases in the region namely Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Region continues to show a sustained downward trend, with Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a decrease recorded in the past week. [...] Go to overview 2 Go to map of the outbreaks Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Though the number of cases being reported weekly remain The weekly distribution of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the WHO high, the continual decline coincides with a downward phase African Region by reporting date, 25 February 2020 – 29 August 2021 of the t
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