AFRICA’S GOVERNANCE RESPONSE TO COVID-19 | PRELIMINARY REPORT 2020 1.4 East Africa The East Africa region, despite its broad human security challenges, has registered the least cases of Covid-19 infections. As of 16th May 2020, East Africa had registered a total of 7734 cases,distributed as follows. Sudan has registered the highest cases of Covid-19 in the region, with 2,289 confirmed cases,97 deaths and 222 recoveries, followed by Somalia, with 1357 confirmed cases, 55 deaths and 148 recoveries, and Djibouti with 1331 confirmed cases, 4 deaths and 950 recoveries. The countries with less cases are Seychelles and Burundi with 11 cases, no death and 10 recoveries and 27 cases, 1 death and 7 recoveries respectively. Figure 12: COVID-19 Cases in East African Countries Source: APRM, May 2020 The region has the third highest fatality rates on the continent. Within the region, Kenya is the country which registered the highest fatality rates (6.02%), followed by Sudan, which registered 4.24%, and Tanzania with 4.13%. More than 50% of the countries in the region have registered less than 2.00% fatality rate. These countries are South Sudan (1.69%), Uganda (0.00%), Rwanda (0.00%), Seychelles (0.00%), Eritrea (0.00%), Madagascar (0.00%), and Djibouti (0.30%). Figure 13: COVID-19 Fatality Rates in East African Countries Source: APRM, May 2020 26