COVID-19: Nigeria occupies 6th position in recovery rate in West Africa

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The ECOWAS COVID-19 daily update as at November 15th, 2020 shows that Nigeria is placed on the 6^th position as regards the recovery rate (93.7%), 9th position on death rate (CFR – case fatality ratio) 1.79% and 11th position on active cases (4.5%) amongst the 15 member countries of the ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States).

According to the report, there are 197,872 confirmed cases, 2823 deaths, 185,891 recovered and 9,151 are active cases in ECOWAS countries. This data represents in Africa, 10.1% of the confirmed cases, 6.0% deaths, 11.2% recovery rate and 3.5% active cases.

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As regards the death rate (CFR), Liberia tops with 5.44%, followed by Niger 5.36% and Mali 3.62% while Guinea is the least with 0.5%.

On recovery rate, Cote de Voire tops the list with 98.4%, followed by Senegal 97.6% and Gambia 96.5%, with the least coming from Togo with 71.8%.

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Togo has more active COVID 19 cases with 25.9%, followed by Sierra Leone 20.8% and Mali 20.8% with The Gambia contributing the least with 0.2%.

What you should know

• As at November 15 2020, worldwide, there are 54,370,186 confirmed cases, 1,317,139 deaths and CFR of 2.4%
• In Africa, there are 1,965,817 confirmed cases, 47,138 deaths and CFR of 2.4%

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