There are now more than over 500,000 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 = 508,114
Active cases = 251,103
Recoveries = 245,033
Number of deaths = 11,978
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 16,879
Angola – 386
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 314
Burkina Faso – 1,003
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 14,916
Cape Verde – 1,499
Central African Republic – 4,071
Chad – 873
Comoros – 311
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,557
DR Congo – 7,432
Djibouti – 4,878
Egypt – 77,279
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 215
Eswatini – 1,056
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,743
(The) Gambia – 61
Ghana – 21,968
Guinea – 5,636
Guinea-Bissau – 1,790
Ivory Coast – 11,194
Kenya – 8,250
Lesotho – 91
Liberia – 917
Libya – 1,182
Madagascar – 3,472
Malawi – 1,818
Mali – 2,348
Mauritania – 5,024
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 14,730
Mozambique – 1,040
Namibia – 593
Niger – 1,094
Nigeria- 29,789
Rwanda – 1,172
Sao Tome and Principe – 724
Senegal – 7,547
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,572
Somalia – 3,015
South Africa – 215,855
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 9,997
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 689
Tunisia – 1,205
Uganda – 977
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 787
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