Africa CDC, COVID-19: Hotspot Dashboard

COVID-19 Africa Hotspot Dashboard

Data shown through Week 3: 17 - 23 January 2022

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

10,597,496

Daily New Cases (7d avg)

33,110

-10.3% week-over-week change

Cumulative Deaths

236,934

Daily New Deaths (7d avg)

332

-17.7% week-over-week change

Cumulative Tests

94,067,316

Daily New Tests (7d avg)

209,077

-1.4% week-over-week change

Level

Note: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the African Union.

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
Algeria	4	172%	242	14%	19	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Angola	3	-50%	60	-43%	6	-37%	466	13%	23/01/2022
Benin	2	-35%	27	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Botswana	4	-19%	2,507	-73%	42	Up from 0	31,925	8%	23/01/2022
Burkina Faso	2	-57%	13	133%	7	63%	97	13%	23/01/2022
Burundi	1	-75%	22	No deaths	0	-61%	1,102	2%	23/01/2022
Cabo Verde	4	-70%	2,002	73%	317	-48%	11,937	17%	23/01/2022
Cameroon	3	-3%	98	30%	5	5%	935	11%	19/01/2022
Central African Republic	3	-67%	30	-67%	2	-85%	60	50%	23/01/2022
Chad	2	-52%	10	Up from 0	3	-93%	14	69%	21/01/2022
Comoros	3	-70%	49	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Congo Republic	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	13/01/2022
Cote d'Ivoire	2	-34%	41	44%	10	-27%	912	5%	23/01/2022
Djibouti	4	-43%	411	No deaths	0	-18%	3,561	12%	23/01/2022
DR Congo	1	-80%	4	No deaths	0	-70%	62	6%	23/01/2022
Egypt	4	39%	98	20%	22	16%	274	36%	23/01/2022
Equatorial Guinea	3	-81%	94	0%	7	-64%	846	11%	23/01/2022
Eritrea	3	-27%	121	60%	23	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Eswatini	4	-58%	193	-78%	50	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Ethiopia	2	-64%	42	-17%	8	-35%	366	11%	23/01/2022
Gabon	3	-20%	360	-75%	5	-22%	4,406	8%	23/01/2022
Gambia	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	08/01/2022
Ghana	2	-43%	41	-14%	8	-28%	795	5%	23/01/2022
Guinea	2	-53%	27	No deaths	0	50%	250	11%	23/01/2022
Guinea-Bissau	3	-22%	125	-67%	5	-8%	865	14%	23/01/2022
Kenya	2	-55%	44	22%	10	-25%	651	7%	23/01/2022
Lesotho	2	-51%	111	0%	10	-49%	1,854	6%	23/01/2022
Liberia	2	-55%	24	Up from 0	4	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Libya	4	138%	1,406	46%	120	38%	6,192	23%	23/01/2022
Madagascar	2	-60%	25	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	20/01/2022
Malawi	3	-60%	58	8%	30	-38%	366	16%	23/01/2022
Mali	2	-62%	54	-13%	7	-45%	562	10%	23/01/2022
Mauritania	3	-60%	520	41%	52	0%	14,205	4%	23/01/2022
Mauritius	4	-25%	368	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Morocco	4	7%	1,349	140%	42	7%	5,511	24%	23/01/2022
Mozambique	3	-60%	112	-29%	10	-26%	735	15%	23/01/2022
Namibia	4	-58%	288	-6%	364	-33%	3,177	9%	23/01/2022
Niger	1	-58%	7	-67%	2	-25%	119	5%	23/01/2022
Nigeria	1	-52%	6	-19%	1	Up from 0	432	1%	23/01/2022
Rwanda	2	-39%	140	-6%	12	-27%	7,346	2%	23/01/2022
Sao Tome and Principe	4	-54%	1,455	-33%	100	-13%	7,040	21%	23/01/2022
Senegal	3	-54%	95	89%	10	23%	791	12%	23/01/2022
Seychelles	4	115%	40,030	250%	700	No data	0	No data	21/01/2022
Sierra Leone	1	-21%	8	No deaths	0	107%	3,651	0%	23/01/2022
Somalia	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	01/01/2022
South Africa	4	-33%	373	-11%	137	-7%	3,827	10%	23/01/2022
South Sudan	2	-4%	20	Up from 0	1	46%	565	4%	23/01/2022
Sudan	3	-37%	76	-93%	5	No data	0	No data	21/01/2022
Tanzania	3	Up from 0	102	Up from 0	3	No data	0	No data	20/01/2022
Togo	2	-79%	44	-29%	6	-29%	1,132	4%	23/01/2022
Tunisia	4	38%	5,493	24%	154	16%	17,217	32%	23/01/2022
Uganda	2	-38%	45	8%	15	4%	985	5%	23/01/2022
Sahrawi Republic	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	23/01/2022
Zambia	4	-58%	299	-27%	19	-37%	1,943	15%	23/01/2022
Zimbabwe	3	-43%	146	-46%	32	-44%	1,516	10%	23/01/2022

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