Africa CDC, COVID-19: Hotspot Dashboard

COVID-19 Africa Hotspot Dashboard

Data shown through Week 37: 13 - 19 September

This dashboard is intended for internal use by PERC partners to identify growing or widespread COVID-19 outbreaks. More →

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Continent overview

Cumulative Cases

8,165,564

Daily New Cases (7d avg)

15,516

-19.5% week-over-week change

Cumulative Deaths

206,604

Daily New Deaths (7d avg)

480

-3.5% week-over-week change

Cumulative Tests

70,401,210

Daily New Tests (7d avg)

183,151

-13.0% week-over-week change

Level

Hotspot Warning Levels

Warning Level 0: Gray

No data available.

Warning Level 1: Green

Relatively low spread and no evidence of a growing outbreak.

Warning Level 2: Yellow

A moderate outbreak or the possible start of a growing outbreak.

Warning Level 3: Orange

A widespread or growing outbreak.

Warning Level 4: Red

A very widespread or fast-growing outbreak.

Other Africa CDC Dashboards

For an overview of other approaches to designing alert levels, PHSM policy, or early warning systems, visit our Summary of COVID-19 Response Guidance Documents.
For more information on variants, visit Africa CDC Institute of Pathogen Genomics’ SARS-CoV-2 sequencing dashboard.
For information on vaccinations, visit the Africa CDC Vaccine Dashboard.

How is my country doing on key measures?

Country	Hotspot Level	New Case Trend (2 week)	New Cases/1M/Week	New Death Trend (2 week)	New Deaths/10M/Week	New Test Trend (2 week)	New Tests/1M/Week	Weekly %Pos	Most Recent Epi Data	Severe Crisis
Algeria	2	-27%	35	-29%	26	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Angola	2	10%	60	-25%	16	-16%	523	11%	19/09/2021	No
Benin	3	-67%	125	-27%	7	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Botswana	4	136%	3,393	-39%	71	-53%	10,605	32%	19/09/2021	No
Burkina Faso	2	-21%	4	Up from 0	0	72%	321	1%	19/09/2021	Yes
Burundi	2	13%	141	Up from 0	2	101%	7,724	2%	19/09/2021	No
Cabo Verde	4	-34%	780	14%	133	-19%	12,105	6%	19/09/2021	No
Cameroon	4	461%	104	291%	16	-77%	479	22%	15/09/2021	Yes
Central African Republic	1	27%	6	No deaths	0	-20%	129	5%	19/09/2021	Yes
Chad	1	-35%	1	No deaths	0	-14%	115	1%	19/09/2021	Yes
Comoros	2	-18%	10	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Congo Republic	2	-18%	31	200%	11	5%	820	4%	17/09/2021	No
Cote d'Ivoire	2	25%	44	54%	23	4%	975	5%	19/09/2021	No
Djibouti	4	117%	180	Up from 0	20	2%	3,042	6%	19/09/2021	No
DR Congo	2	-30%	2	Up from 0	1	27%	136	2%	19/09/2021	Yes
Egypt	4	36%	39	21%	10	-88%	57	68%	19/09/2021	No
Equatorial Guinea	3	1%	404	200%	43	-11%	3,288	12%	19/09/2021	No
Eritrea	2	129%	5	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Eswatini	4	-25%	431	-15%	192	0%	6,017	7%	19/09/2021	No
Ethiopia	3	21%	86	21%	17	24%	513	17%	19/09/2021	Yes
Gabon	4	80%	457	200%	27	8%	11,507	4%	19/09/2021	No
Gambia	1	-73%	9	0%	8	Up from 0	560	2%	19/09/2021	No
Ghana	2	-6%	56	4%	9	-23%	1,020	5%	19/09/2021	No
Guinea	1	-11%	14	No deaths	0	38%	439	3%	19/09/2021	No
Guinea-Bissau	2	-49%	25	-40%	15	7%	713	3%	19/09/2021	No
Kenya	2	-21%	52	-31%	15	1%	806	6%	19/09/2021	No
Lesotho	4	Up from 0	1,710	Up from 0	1,367	Up from 0	24,626	7%	19/09/2021	No
Liberia	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Libya	4	-19%	986	-22%	110	-11%	4,643	21%	19/09/2021	No
Madagascar	0	No data	0	No data	0	Up from 0	117	0%	04/09/2021	No
Malawi	2	-14%	13	-18%	12	-1%	282	5%	19/09/2021	No
Mali	3	93%	4	100%	1	-6%	443	1%	19/09/2021	Yes
Mauritania	2	-13%	127	-43%	26	11%	3,378	4%	19/09/2021	No
Mauritius	4	11%	579	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Morocco	3	-27%	407	-23%	99	-16%	3,905	10%	19/09/2021	No
Mozambique	2	-37%	26	-21%	4	-9%	390	7%	19/09/2021	No
Namibia	4	-18%	224	46%	140	10%	4,215	5%	19/09/2021	No
Niger	2	0%	2	Up from 0	1	29%	136	1%	19/09/2021	No
Nigeria	2	-27%	13	24%	3	-44%	284	5%	19/09/2021	Yes
Rwanda	3	2%	155	-3%	23	36%	7,484	2%	19/09/2021	No
Sao Tome and Principe	4	68%	1,120	100%	200	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Senegal	1	-42%	10	-50%	8	-7%	850	1%	19/09/2021	No
Seychelles	4	30%	3,500	100%	400	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Sierra Leone	1	160%	2	No deaths	0	18%	384	0%	19/09/2021	No
Somalia	2	17%	40	90%	25	119%	403	10%	19/09/2021	Yes
South Africa	4	-36%	412	-11%	219	-14%	4,717	9%	19/09/2021	No
South Sudan	3	75%	18	Up from 0	1	-55%	301	6%	19/09/2021	Yes
Sudan	2	Up from 0	4	Up from 0	1	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	Yes
Tanzania	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	19/09/2021	No
Togo	3	-7%	118	-11%	10	14%	1,587	7%	19/09/2021	No
Tunisia	4	-72%	458	-25%	236	-64%	4,473	10%	19/09/2021	No
Uganda	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	04/09/2021	No
Sahrawi Republic	3	Up from 0	38	Up from 0	17	Up from 0	177	22%	19/09/2021	No
Zambia	1	-36%	29	-53%	4	-4%	2,266	1%	19/09/2021	No
Zimbabwe	3	132%	112	-48%	19	8%	2,010	6%	19/09/2021	No

Country

Hotspot Level

Hotspot Level Trend

New Case Trend (2 week)

New Cases (4 Week)

New Cases/1M/Week

New Death Trend (2 week)

New Deaths/10M/Week

New Test Trend (2 week)

New Tests/1M/Week

Weekly %Pos

Most Recent Epi Data