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: July 9 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 522,643
Active cases = 257,466
Recoveries = 252,944
Number of deaths = 12,233
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 17,348
Angola – 386
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 314
Burkina Faso – 1,003
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 14,916
Cape Verde – 1,542
Central African Republic – 4,109
Chad – 873
Comoros – 313
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,821
DR Congo – 7,432
Djibouti – 4,889
Egypt – 78,304
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 215
Eswatini – 1,038
Ethiopia – 6,774
Gabon – 5,871
(The) Gambia – 63
Ghana – 22,822
Guinea – 5,697
Guinea-Bissau – 1,790
Ivory Coast – 11,504
Kenya – 8,528
Lesotho – 91
Liberia – 926
Libya – 1,268
Madagascar – 3,573
Malawi – 1,864
Mali – 2,358
Mauritania – 5,087
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 14,771
Mozambique – 1,071
Namibia – 593
Niger – 1,097
Nigeria- 30,249
Rwanda – 1,194
Sao Tome and Principe – 724
Senegal – 7,657
Seychelles – 91
Sierra Leone – 1,584
Somalia – 3,028
South Africa – 224,665
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 10,084
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 695
Tunisia – 1,221
Uganda – 977
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 885
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