There are now more than over 550,000 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. As of May 13, every African country had recorded an infection, the last being Lesotho.
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: July 11 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 559,446
Active cases = 274,851
Recoveries = 271,826
Number of deaths = 12,769
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 18,242
Angola – 458
Benin – 1,285
Botswana – 314
Burkina Faso – 1,020
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 14,916
Cape Verde – 1,591
Central African Republic – 4,259
Chad – 874
Comoros – 314
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,028
DR Congo – 7,905
Djibouti – 4,968
Egypt – 80,235
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,257
Ethiopia – 7,120
Gabon – 5,942
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 23,834
Guinea – 5,969
Guinea-Bissau – 1,842
Ivory Coast – 12,052
Kenya – 9,448
Lesotho – 184
Liberia – 963
Libya – 1,342
Madagascar – 4,143
Malawi – 2,069
Mali – 2,404
Mauritania – 5,203
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 15,328
Mozambique – 1,111
Namibia – 668
Niger – 1,099
Nigeria- 31,323
Rwanda – 1,252
Sao Tome and Principe – 727
Senegal – 7,882
Seychelles – 100
Sierra Leone – 1,613
Somalia – 3,038
South Africa – 250,687
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 10,204
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 710
Tunisia – 1,240
Uganda – 1,006
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 942
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