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829 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria;

Lagos-296 FCT-291 Kaduna-79 Rivers-40 Kano-35 Nasarawa-25 Bauchi-19 Benue-8 Borno-7 Edo-7 Oyo-7 Sokoto-7 Cross River-3 Ogun-2
83,576 confirmed 70,495 discharged 1,247 deaths
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Coronavirus – Nigeria: COVID-19 case update (26th December 2020)

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As at 26 December 2020, Zimbabwe had 12 963 confirmed cases, including 10 519 recoveries and 341 deaths.
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Coronavirus – Zimbabwe: COVID-19 Update (26th December 2020)

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130 people have tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 1,973.

187 patients have recovered, 93 from the home based care program and 94 being discharged from various hospitals.

2 patients have succumbed to the disease bringing the cumulative fatalities to 1,655.
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Honorable Minister Dr. Kalumbi Shangula announced 136 new COVID-19 cases and 249 Recoveries. No deaths reported.
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Coronavirus – Namibia: COVID-19 Update 26 December 2020

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African Union Member States (55) reporting COVID-19 cases 2,623,086, deaths (61,954), and recoveries (2,194,385) by region:

Central (72,741 cases; 1,454 deaths; 66,401 recoveries): Burundi (786; 2; 687), Cameroon (26,277; 448; 23,892), CAR (4,948; 63; 4,852), Chad (1,971; 102; 1,654), Congo (6,571; 100; 4,988), DRC (16,471; 573; 13,982), Equatorial Guinea (5,236; 85; 5,078), Gabon (9,469; 64; 9,310), Sao Tome &#038; Principe (1,012; 17; 958)

Eastern (316,548; 5,880; 246,691): Comoros (715; 7; 626), Djibouti (5,804; 61; 5,695), Eritrea (992; 0; 600), Ethiopia (121,880; 1,897; 107,559), Kenya (95,713; 1,653; 76.811), Madagascar (17,633; 260; 17,147), Mauritius (527; 10; 496), Rwanda (7,743; 69; 6,203), Seychelles (211; 0; 184), Somalia (4,690; 127; 3,605), South Sudan (3,455; 62; 3,118), Sudan (23,316; 1,468; 13,524), Tanzania (509; 21; 178), Uganda (33,360; 245; 10,905)

Northern (895,386; 23,312; 742,180): Algeria (97,441; 2,716; 65,144), Egypt (130,126; 7,309; 108,985), Libya (97,653, 1,415; 68,289), Mauritania (13,364; 314; 9,389), Morocco (428, 193; 7,170; 391,920), Tunisia (128,578; 4,385; 98,426), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (31; 3; 27)

Southern (1,102,866; 28,167; 927,689): Angola (17,099; 396; 9,921), Botswana (13,353; 38; 11,147), Eswatini (8,170; 154; 7,016), Lesotho (2,725; 51; 1,466), Malawi (6,339; 187; 5,676), Mozambique (18,108; 156; 16,015), Namibia (21,262; 187; 17,602), South Africa (983,359; 26,276; 830,251), Zambia (19,571; 381; 18,127), Zimbabwe (12,ggo; 341; 10,468)

Western (235,545; 3,141; 211,424): Benin (3,205, 44; 3,061), Burkina Faso (6,134; 77; 4,329), cape Verde (11,696; 112; 11,381), cote d&#39;Ivoire (22,081; 133; 21,697), Gambia (3,791; 123; 3,659), Ghana (54,043; 333; 52,777), Guinea (13,646; 80; 13,049), Guinea-Bissau (2,447; 44; 2,337), Liberia (1,798; 83; 1,406), Mali (6,488; 245; 4,026), Niger (3,005; 91; 1,587), Nigeria (82,747; 1,246; 70,239), Senegal (18,369; 386; 16.785), Sierra Leone (2,549; 76; 1,866), Togo (3,546; 68; 3,225)
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Coronavirus: African Union Member States reporting COVID-19 cases as of 26 December 2020, 9 am EAT

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Total cases: 7,743 (+73) Recovered: 6,203 (+0) | 80.1% Active cases: 1,471 Tests: 712,257 (+4,856) Deaths: 69 | 0.9% Test positivity rate: 1.5%

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Coronavirus – Rwanda: COVID-19 update (25 December 2020)

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Cumulative Cases: 19,571 Total Recoveries: 18,127 COVID-19 Deaths: 127 COVID-19 Associated Deaths: 254 Active Cases: 1,063
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Coronavirus – Zambia: Daily status update (25th December 2020)

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New cases: 62 Total confirmed cases: 6339 Total active cases: 292 Total recovered: 5676 (0 New) Lost to follow-up: 108 Outcome under investigation: 76 Total number of tests conducted: 83849 (398 New) Total Death: 187 (0 New)
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Daily Laboratory test: 6,762 Severe cases: 225 New recovered: 754 New deaths: 15 New cases: 481
Total Laboratory test: 1,769,613 Active cases: 12,382 Total recovered: 107,599 Total deaths: 1,897 Total cases: 121,880
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Coronavirus – Ethiopia: COVID-19 reported cases in Ethiopia (25th December 2020)

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712 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria;

Lagos-388
FCT-77
Kwara-39
Katsina-35
Bauchi-33
Plateau-22
Ogun-18
Akwa Ibom-16
Delta-13
Kaduna-12
Osun-12
Yobe-11
Sokoto-10
Kebbi-8
Enugu-6
Edo-5
Ondo-3
Niger-2
Kano-1
Oyo-1

82,747 confirmed
70,239 discharged
1,246 deaths
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Coronavirus – Nigeria: COVID-19 case update (25th December 2020)

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As at 25 December 2020, Zimbabwe had 12 880 confirmed cases, including 10 468 recoveries and 341 deaths.
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282 people have tested positive for the virus, from a sample size of 4,095 tested in the last 24 hours, bringing to 95,713 the number of confirmed positive cases in the country. The cumulative tests are now 1,029,748.
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The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a contribution of SEK 30 million (US$3.5 million) from the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA) to help meet the food and nutrition needs of people affected by the conflict in Cabo Delgado.

WFP will be able to use this funding to help reduce food insecurity for approximately 95,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) over the next two months in Northern Mozambique. It will also provide the WFP-managed UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) with the much-needed resources to transport emergency items and supplies for humanitarian assistance.

According to the Government, there are approximately 565,000 IDPs from Cabo Delgado as a result of the conflict and insecurity in the region. This number has multiplied by 4 since March 2020.

“Sweden is deeply concerned with the escalating conflict in Cabo Delgado and its devastating effects on food security and the well-being of the local population. Through this humanitarian food support, we hope to reach the most vulnerable communities in remote areas affected by the conflict”, said Mette Sunnergren, Swedish Ambassador to Mozambique.

The donation comes at a critical time; Cabo Delgado province has the highest rates of chronic malnutrition in Mozambique – with more than half of the children malnourished. Without urgent and sustained assistance, the situation may turn into another major humanitarian crisis. “This timely contribution by the Government of Sweden is an is an oxygen balloon, that ensures we continue to save lives, especially, when WFP and the entire humanitarian community in the country is facing a shortage of funds”, said Antonella D’Aprile, WFP Country Representative in Mozambique. “We are deeply humbled and grateful to the People of Sweden for this generous gift to help the most vulnerable in Mozambique’’.

WFP requires US$9.75 million on a monthly basis to provide assistance. US$ 117 million is required to provide support for the next 12 months. In the absence of enough funding, food supplies will be compromised leading to a reduction in rations or potential suspension of food distributions.

Sweden is one of the most generous donors to WFP’s programmes. In 2019, it has donated US$ 159 million towards WFP’s life-saving, and life-changing programmes. Under its 2020-2023 strategy for cooperation with the UN World Food Programme, Sweden pledges to help saving lives, alleviating suffering and maintaining human dignity for the benefit of people in need who have been affected by, or are at risk of being affected by, armed conflicts, natural disasters or other disaster situations.
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Sweden contributes US$3.5 million to help WFP deliver food to people affected by conflict in northern Mozambique

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The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will have to further reduce food rations and cash assistance for more than 1.2 million refugees in Uganda due to a funding shortfall, the agency has said, calling for urgent resources to sustain aid efforts. 

According to WFP, with effect from February 2021, refugees will have to make do with only 60 per cent of a full ration. The reduction follows a 30 per cent decrease in assistance last April, which coincided with the COVID-19 lockdown.

“COVID-19 must not be an excuse for the world to turn its back on refugees at this terrible time”, WFP Country Director El-Khidir Daloum said on Tuesday. 
“We are unable to keep up even basic food assistance and the poorest will suffer the most as we have to cut still further”, he added. 

The UN agency urgently needs $95.8 million to provide full rations to refugees in Uganda over the next six months. 
WFP said that with available resources, it aims to continue assisting the most vulnerable groups, including women, children and the elderly, but added that there are fears many could not be helped. 

Worsening hunger 

According to WFP, the reductions in April and the impact of COVID-19 lockdowns have worsened hunger and food insecurity in all 13 refugee settlements, with the most vulnerable at increasing risk of becoming malnourished. 

Lack of nutrition also weakens immune systems, making refugees more likely to be infected by disease, a serious concern in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.   
The situation is further complicated by the fact that the West Nile region, which hosts six refugee settlements, is one of the worst COVID-19 impacted regions in Uganda. 

A land-locked country in east Africa, Uganda hosts the largest number of refugees on the continent, including people displaced from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi. 
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Eighty-seven (87) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 2366 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to seven thousand, five hundred, and ninety-eight (7598). To date, six thousand, one hundred, and sixty-three (6163) patients have recovered, with no one in the past 24 hours. The number of active cases is one thousand, three hundred, and sixty-two (1369) and sixty-six (66) deaths.

The new cases are in Kigali (71), Rubavu (9), Huye (5), Huye (5), Rusizi (1), and Nyanza (1); heightened vigilance is required everywhere. 
The COVID-19 prevention measures announced by the Government of Rwanda must continue to be rigorously observed, especially frequent hand-washing and physical distancing. In addition, face masks must be worn in public and multi-family compounds.

Withholding information related to contact tracing or COVID-19 symptoms, jeopardises public safety and will be punished in accordance with applicable laws.
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Coronavirus – Rwanda: Update COVID-19 23 December 2020

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Forty five patients have been diagnosed positive for COVID-19 in tests carried out today at Quarantine Centers (9) and out-patient services (36) in hospitals in Asmara, Central Region.

Thirty five of the patients tested positive at the OPD services are nationals resident in several districts in Asmara while one patient is resident in Keren.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country to-date has accordingly risen to 877.

The total number of recovered patients to-date stands at 599 while the number of deaths is one.
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Coronavirus – Eritrea:  Announcement from the Ministry of Health (23 December 2020)

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New Cases: 6 Total Confirmed: 2,524 Deaths: 76 Recovered: 1,866 Total in quarantine: 229 Discharged from quarantine: 12,335
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