Number of COVID-19 Beta variant cases in Africa 2022, by country
cases of COVID-19 were registered in Africa since the beginning of the pandemic.
As of March 27, 2022, over 10,500 SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant cases were reported in Africa. The coronavirus (COVID-19) Beta variant (B.1.351) was first detected in South Africa in late 2020. The country reported more than 7,300 infections caused by the variant so far. Overall, more than 11.5 million