There are now more than over 70,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus across the continent, with a number of African countries imposing a range of prevention and containment measures against the spread of the pandemic.

According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when.

There is no virus-free country in Africa as of May 13.

We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data.

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Major African stats: May 16 at 7:30 GMT:

Confirmed cases = 78,280

Number of deaths = 2,624

Recoveries = 29,245

Active cases = 46,411

Infected countries = 54

Countries in alphabetical order

Algeria – 6,629

Angola – 48

Benin – 339

Botswana – 24

Burkina Faso – 780

Burundi – 15

Cameroon – 3,105

Cape Verde – 326

Central African Republic – 301

Chad – 428

Comoros – 11

Congo-Brazzaville – 391

DR Congo – 1,298

Djibouti – 1,309

Egypt – 11,228

Equatorial Guinea – 594

Eritrea – 39

Eswatini – 190

Ethiopia – 287

Gabon – 1,209

(The) Gambia – 23

Ghana – 5,638

Guinea – 2,473

Guinea-Bissau – 913

Ivory Coast – 2,017

Kenya – 781

Lesotho – 1

Liberia – 219

Libya – 64

Madagascar – 238

Malawi – 63

Mali – 806

Mauritania – 29

Mauritius – 332

Morocco – 6,652

Mozambique – 119

Namibia – 16

Niger – 885

Nigeria- 5,450

Rwanda – 287

Sao Tome and Principe – 235

Senegal – 2,310

Seychelles – 11

Sierra Leone – 447

Somalia – 1,284

South Africa – 13,524

South Sudan – 236

Sudan – 1,964

Tanzania – 509

Togo – 263

Tunisia – 1,035

Uganda – 203

Zambia – 654

Zimbabwe – 42

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