According to the WHO “Weekly Bulletin on Outbreaks and other Emergencies” (Week 39: 19 – 25 September 2022), between 1 January and 25 September 2022, 11 African countries have reported 577 Monkeypox cases, including nine countries in the WHO African Region, that is Nigeria (277), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (174), Ghana (84), Central Africa Republic (CAR) (8), Cameroon (8), South Africa (5), Benin Republic (3), Congo (5) and Liberia (3), and two in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional countries: Sudan (7) and Morocco (3).
The top three countries with the highest number of Monkeypox cases in Africa include Nigeria (48.0%), DRC (30.2%), and Ghana (14.6%). The three countries account for 92.7% of all confirmed cases in Africa. As of 25 September 2022, 15 deaths were reported in African countries due to Monkeypox.
