There are now more than over 390,000 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 30 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 393,232
Active cases = 196,427
Recoveries = 186,925
Number of deaths = 9,880
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 13,571
Angola – 276
Benin – 1,187
Botswana – 175
Burkina Faso – 959
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,165
Central African Republic – 3,613
Chad – 866
Comoros – 272
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 6,939
Djibouti – 4,656
Egypt – 66,754
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 191
Eswatini – 795
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,394
(The) Gambia – 47
Ghana – 17,351
Guinea – 5,351
Guinea-Bissau – 1,654
Ivory Coast – 9,1214
Kenya – 6,190
Lesotho – 27
Liberia – 770
Libya – 802
Madagascar – 2,138
Malawi – 1,152
Mali – 2,173
Mauritania – 4,237
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,290
Mozambique – 883
Namibia – 196
Niger – 1,075
Nigeria- 25,133
Rwanda – 1,001
Sao Tome and Principe – 713
Senegal – 6,698
Seychelles – 77
Sierra Leone – 1,450
Somalia – 2,904
South Africa – 144,264
South Sudan – 1,989
Sudan – 9,257
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 643
Tunisia – 1,172
Uganda – 870
Zambia – 1,568
Zimbabwe – 574
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