Senegal is easing some restrictions that had been imposed to aid curb the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic.

In a televised address, president Macky Sall said the country’s state of emergency and curfew which were imposed on March 23 will be lifted as of Tuesday 11pm local time.

President Sall said of the country’s death stats: “The case fatality rate in Senegal is 1.5%, compared to an African average of 2.5% and a global average of 5.2%.

Senegal has a recovery rate of 64.8%, compared to an African average of 48% and a global average of 50%.”

The West African nation has 6,793 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of June 30 with 108 deaths, 4,431 recoveries.