There are now more than over 400,000 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 = 432,421
Active cases = 214,627
Recoveries = 207,148
Number of deaths = 10,646
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 14,657
Angola – 315
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 227
Burkina Faso – 967
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,301
Central African Republic – 3,788
Chad – 868
Comoros – 303
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,382
DR Congo – 7,189
Djibouti – 4,715
Egypt – 71,299
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 215
Eswatini – 873
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,513
(The) Gambia – 55
Ghana – 18,134
Guinea – 5,450
Guinea-Bissau – 1,654
Ivory Coast – 9,992
Kenya – 6,941
Lesotho – 35
Liberia – 819
Libya – 891
Madagascar – 2,403
Malawi – 1,342
Mali – 2,260
Mauritania – 4,606
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,969
Mozambique – 918
Namibia – 293
Niger – 1,081
Nigeria- 27,110
Rwanda – 1,063
Sao Tome and Principe – 717
Senegal – 7,054
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,518
Somalia – 2,944
South Africa – 168,061
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 9,663
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 667
Tunisia – 1,178
Uganda – 902
Zambia – 1,632
Zimbabwe – 617
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