Africa Records 412 Covid-19 Recovery Cases as Disease Hits 49 countries, Kill 196

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has disclosed that there are now 5,786 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 49 countries across Africa.

The health agency also said that Coronavirus has killed 196 people in Africa and South Africa is number one with most COVID-19 cases of 1,353 in the continent.

According to Africa CDC, there are 412 COVID-19 recovery cases in the continent.


Africa CDC said this in a tweet on its official Twitter account @AfricaCDC on Wednesday morning.

“#COVID19 – SURVEILLANCE UPDATE: 1 APRIL 2020 – 9:00 am EAT,” Africa CDC tweeted.

“African Union Member States (49) reporting COVID-19 cases (5,786), deaths (196), and recoveries (412) by region.”