There are now more than over 550,000 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 12 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 578,307
Active cases = 280,346
Recoveries = 284,972
Number of deaths = 12,989
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 18,712
Angola – 462
Benin – 1,378
Botswana – 314
Burkina Faso – 1,033
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 15,173
Cape Verde – 1,623
Central African Republic – 4,288
Chad – 874
Comoros – 317
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,028
DR Congo – 7,971
Djibouti – 4,968
Egypt – 81,158
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,311
Ethiopia – 7,402
Gabon – 5,942
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 24,248
Guinea – 6,044
Guinea-Bissau – 1,842
Ivory Coast – 12,443
Kenya – 9,726
Lesotho – 184
Liberia – 998
Libya – 1,389
Madagascar – 4,578
Malawi – 2,261
Mali – 2,406
Mauritania – 5,275
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 15,542
Mozambique – 1,135
Namibia – 668
Niger – 1,099
Nigeria- 31,987
Rwanda – 1,299
Sao Tome and Principe – 727
Senegal – 8,014
Seychelles – 100
Sierra Leone – 1,618
Somalia – 3,051
South Africa – 264,184
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 10,250
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 710
Tunisia – 1,245
Uganda – 1,013
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 982
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