There are now more than over 380,000 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 29 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 382,190
Active cases = 189,973
Recoveries = 182,553
Number of deaths = 9,664
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 13,273
Angola – 267
Benin – 1,149
Botswana – 92
Burkina Faso – 959
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,155
Central African Republic – 3,429
Chad – 866
Comoros – 272
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 6,827
Djibouti – 4,643
Egypt – 65,188
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 191
Eswatini – 781
Ethiopia – 5,689
Gabon – 5,209
(The) Gambia – 45
Ghana – 16,742
Guinea – 5,342
Guinea-Bissau – 1,614
Ivory Coast – 9,101
Kenya – 6,070
Lesotho – 27
Liberia – 768
Libya – 762
Madagascar – 2,078
Malawi – 1,146
Mali – 2,147
Mauritania – 4,149
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,052
Mozambique – 859
Namibia – 183
Niger – 1,074
Nigeria- 24,567
Rwanda – 900
Sao Tome and Principe – 713
Senegal – 6,586
Seychelles – 70
Sierra Leone – 1,427
Somalia – 2,894
South Africa – 138,134
South Sudan – 1,989
Sudan – 9,257
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 642
Tunisia – 1,169
Uganda – 859
Zambia – 1,557
Zimbabwe – 567
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