There are now more than over 700,000 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 19 at 9:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 702,663
Active cases = 320,055
Recoveries = 367,652
Number of deaths = 14,956
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 22,549
Angola – 687
Benin – 1,602
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,047
Burundi – 310
Cameroon – 16,157
Cape Verde – 2,014
Central African Republic – 4,485
Chad – 889
Comoros – 328
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,633
DR Congo – 8,324
Djibouti – 5,003
Egypt – 87,172
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,729
Ethiopia – 9,147
Gabon – 6,315
(The) Gambia – 93
Ghana – 27,060
Guinea – 6,491
Guinea-Bissau – 1,949
Ivory Coast – 13,912
Kenya – 12,750
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,088
Libya – 1,791
Madagascar – 6,849
Malawi – 2,810
Mali – 2,472
Mauritania – 5,813
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 17,015
Mozambique – 1,435
Namibia – 1,203
Niger – 1,104
Nigeria- 36,107
Rwanda – 1,539
Sao Tome and Principe – 743
Senegal – 8,669
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,701
Somalia – 3,111
South Africa – 350,879
South Sudan – 2,191
Sudan – 10,682
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 774
Tunisia – 1,348
Uganda – 1,062
Zambia – 2,980
Zimbabwe – 1,478
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