Southern and Eastern Africa COVID-19 Digest (21 Apr 2020)

HIGHLIGHTS

• All countries in Southern and Eastern Africa regions, except Comoros and Lesotho, have confirmed positive coronavirus cases.

• South Africa, the first country in the region to report a positive case on 5 March, has recorded more than 3,460 coronavirus infections so far.

• Djibouti has the second highest number of COVID-19 infections in the region, with nearly 950 cases.
  Resources are urgently needed to scale-up the life-saving response and common services for the outbreak.