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 = 404,796
Active cases = 202,049
Recoveries = 192,600
Number of deaths = 10,147
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 13,907
Angola – 284
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 227
Burkina Faso – 992
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,227
Central African Republic – 3,745
Chad – 866
Comoros – 303
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 7,039
Djibouti – 4,682
Egypt – 68,311
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 203
Eswatini – 812
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,394
(The) Gambia – 49
Ghana – 17,741
Guinea – 5,391
Guinea-Bissau – 1,654
Ivory Coast – 9,499
Kenya – 6,366
Lesotho – 27
Liberia – 780
Libya – 824
Madagascar – 2,214
Malawi – 1,224
Mali – 2,181
Mauritania – 4,363
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,533
Mozambique – 889
Namibia – 205
Niger – 1,075
Nigeria- 25,694
Rwanda – 1,025
Sao Tome and Principe – 714
Senegal – 6,793
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,462
Somalia – 2,924
South Africa – 151,209
South Sudan – 2,007
Sudan – 9,257
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 650
Tunisia – 1,174
Uganda – 889
Zambia – 1,594
Zimbabwe – 591
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