Africa CDC, COVID-19: Hotspot Dashboard

COVID-19 Africa Hotspot Dashboard

Data shown through Week 41: 11 - 17 October

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

Please email covid19-eiu@vitalstrategies.org with any questions or feedback.

Continent overview

Cumulative Cases

8,430,026

Daily New Cases (7d avg)

5,256

-27.1% week-over-week change

Cumulative Deaths

215,659

Daily New Deaths (7d avg)

202

-25.3% week-over-week change

Cumulative Tests

74,794,771

Daily New Tests (7d avg)

129,887

-11.8% 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	Severe Crisis
Algeria	2	-15%	16	-39%	4	No data	0	No data	17/10/2021	No
Angola	2	-42%	43	-11%	12	-47%	603	7%	16/10/2021	No
Benin	2	-49%	19	Up from 0	2	No data	0	No data	13/10/2021	No
Botswana	3	-43%	252	-29%	21	-50%	4,736	5%	11/10/2021	No
Burkina Faso	2	8%	10	-67%	1	-11%	135	7%	16/10/2021	Yes
Burundi	1	-70%	25	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	15/10/2021	No
Cabo Verde	3	-43%	230	-75%	17	-41%	5,135	4%	16/10/2021	No
Cameroon	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	06/10/2021	Yes
Central African Republic	1	-91%	2	No deaths	0	-67%	54	3%	12/10/2021	Yes
Chad	1	-47%	0	No deaths	0	-17%	78	1%	15/10/2021	Yes
Comoros	2	118%	27	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	17/10/2021	No
Congo Republic	3	-6%	84	-36%	16	-2%	738	11%	11/10/2021	No
Cote d'Ivoire	1	-44%	8	-38%	6	-24%	576	1%	17/10/2021	No
Djibouti	3	-46%	167	-67%	20	3%	3,973	4%	17/10/2021	No
DR Congo	2	-10%	1	Up from 0	0	-16%	116	1%	17/10/2021	Yes
Egypt	3	8%	59	6%	27	2%	432	14%	17/10/2021	No
Equatorial Guinea	2	-79%	39	No deaths	0	-75%	934	4%	12/10/2021	No
Eritrea	2	-42%	5	100%	6	No data	0	No data	17/10/2021	No
Eswatini	3	-62%	73	100%	50	-6%	5,327	1%	17/10/2021	No
Ethiopia	2	-18%	41	-15%	20	-3%	456	9%	17/10/2021	Yes
Gabon	3	-43%	394	-27%	36	-30%	9,858	4%	14/10/2021	No
Gambia	1	-25%	1	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	15/10/2021	No
Ghana	2	Up from 0	34	Up from 0	3	Up from 0	1,249	3%	13/10/2021	No
Guinea	2	-38%	4	Up from 0	1	1%	282	1%	14/10/2021	No
Guinea-Bissau	1	450%	6	No deaths	0	140%	547	1%	16/10/2021	No
Kenya	1	-15%	16	13%	8	-2%	613	3%	17/10/2021	No
Lesotho	2	-14%	40	50%	14	-28%	2,134	2%	17/10/2021	No
Liberia	2	Up from 0	1	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	15/10/2021	No
Libya	4	-10%	553	24%	162	-9%	3,908	14%	17/10/2021	No
Madagascar	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	09/10/2021	No
Malawi	1	-38%	2	-67%	1	10%	212	1%	17/10/2021	No
Mali	2	-20%	7	0%	2	-4%	388	2%	17/10/2021	Yes
Mauritania	2	5%	57	-57%	7	25%	4,856	1%	17/10/2021	No
Mauritius	4	119%	383	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	17/10/2021	No
Morocco	2	-24%	80	-26%	24	0%	2,281	3%	17/10/2021	No
Mozambique	1	-35%	4	0%	1	7%	271	1%	17/10/2021	No
Namibia	3	-16%	90	30%	52	2%	4,486	2%	17/10/2021	No
Niger	1	-25%	2	No deaths	0	-9%	138	2%	17/10/2021	No
Nigeria	2	3%	8	275%	4	Up from 0	256	3%	17/10/2021	Yes
Rwanda	2	-7%	42	-75%	4	66%	5,962	1%	17/10/2021	No
Sao Tome and Principe	3	-47%	245	No deaths	0	-13%	2,845	9%	17/10/2021	No
Senegal	1	-22%	2	-63%	2	-32%	388	0%	17/10/2021	No
Seychelles	4	-18%	1,280	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	15/10/2021	No
Sierra Leone	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	0	No data	03/10/2021	No
Somalia	2	-23%	33	No deaths	0	No data	0	No data	12/10/2021	Yes
South Africa	3	-22%	75	-45%	50	-3%	3,236	2%	17/10/2021	No
South Sudan	1	-33%	6	No deaths	0	Up from 0	820	1%	14/10/2021	Yes
Sudan	2	-19%	9	-52%	6	No data	0	No data	14/10/2021	Yes
Tanzania	2	-31%	1	-75%	0	No data	0	No data	14/10/2021	No
Togo	2	-37%	15	50%	4	2%	923	2%	17/10/2021	No
Tunisia	3	-30%	88	-41%	50	-16%	2,344	4%	16/10/2021	No
Uganda	1	-36%	10	-63%	1	-18%	520	2%	16/10/2021	No
Sahrawi Republic	1	33%	7	No deaths	0	5%	37	18%	11/10/2021	No
Zambia	2	-5%	9	-20%	2	2%	1,919	0%	17/10/2021	No
Zimbabwe	2	-14%	38	110%	14	23%	1,916	2%	17/10/2021	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