Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria top COVID-19 cases in West Africa

📆 24/04/2020 21:30:00

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No fewer than 27, 124 confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in Africa, with Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria having the highest number of infections in West Africa.

According to data obtained from the World Health Organisation, a total of 6,525 confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the West African region as of 10am on April 24.

On its part, Ghana recorded the second-highest COVID-19 cases with 1,004 confirmed infections, 14 deaths, and 359 discharges. The data also showed that COVID-19 has spread to the 15 countries in West Africa with Gambia recording the least COVID-19 cases. It tweeted, “On the 23rd of April 2020, 108 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 981 cases have been confirmed, 197 cases have been discharged and 31 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria.

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