Number of COVID-19 Beta variant cases in Africa 2022, by country
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 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Africa since the beginning of the pandemic.
