There are now more than over 200,000 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: June 12 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 216,775
Number of deaths = 5,852
Recoveries = 98,686
Active cases = 112,5237
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,589
Angola – 118
Benin – 305
Botswana – 48
Burkina Faso – 892
Burundi – 85
Cameroon – 8,681
Cape Verde – 657
Central African Republic – 1,952
Chad – 848
Comoros – 162
Congo-Brazzaville – 728
DR Congo – 4,515
Djibouti – 4,398
Egypt – 39,726
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 41
Eswatini – 449
Ethiopia – 2,670
Gabon – 3,463
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 10,358
Guinea – 4,372
Guinea-Bissau – 1,389
Ivory Coast – 4,404
Kenya – 3,215
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 410
Libya – 393
Madagascar – 1,203
Malawi – 481
Mali – 1,722
Mauritania – 1,439
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,537
Mozambique – 489
Namibia – 31
Niger – 974
Nigeria- 14,554
Rwanda – 494
Sao Tome and Principe – 632
Senegal – 4,759
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,085
Somalia – 2,513
South Africa – 58,568
South Sudan – 1,670
Sudan – 6,730
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 524
Tunisia – 1,087
Uganda – 679
Zambia – 1,200
Zimbabwe – 332
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