The tiny West African country, Togo, on Friday, confirmed its first case of coronavirus.
The Togolese government while confirming the case in a statement said the patient is a 42-year-old female resident of Lome, the country’s capital.
According to the statement, the woman had visited Benin, Germany, France, and Turkey in late February and early March.
The woman, whose condition is reported to be stable, is in isolation and receiving reportedly being treatment.
As of Friday, more than 100,000 people across 91 countries in the world have been infected by the disease, with over 3,000 deaths recorded.
The disease first broke out in China’s Wuhan province in December 2019.
Nigeria currently has a single confirmed case of coronavirus. The patient is an Italian who flew into the country from Milan, which has the worst coronavirus record in Europe.
Cameroon confirmed its first case of the virus earlier on Friday while Egypt detected 12 new cases.
South Africa earlier in the week recorded its first case of the dreaded disease.
With agency report
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