COVID-19 is a new pandemic disease that is affecting almost every country with a negative impact on social life and economic activities. The number of infected and deceased patients continues to increase globally. Mathematical models can help in developing better strategies to contain a pandemic. Considering multiple measures taken by African governments and challenging socio-economic factors, simple models cannot fit the data. We studied the dynamical evolution of COVID-19 in selected African countries. We derived a time-dependent reproduction number for each country studied to offer further insights into the spread of COVID-19 in Africa.
@article{arxiv.2007.10927,
title = {A study of COVID-19 data from African countries},
author = {Kétévi A. Assamagan and Somiéalo Azote and Simon H. Connell and Cyrille E. Haliya and Toivo S. Mabote and Kondwani C. C. Mwale and Ebode F. Onyie and George Zimba},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.10927},
year = {2021}
}