There are now more than over 730,000 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 21 at 7:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 736,587
Active cases = 331,849
Recoveries = 389,314
Number of deaths = 15,424
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 23,691
Angola – 749
Benin – 1,602
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,065
Burundi – 322
Cameroon – 16,157
Cape Verde – 2,071
Central African Republic – 4,548
Chad – 889
Comoros – 334
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,851
DR Congo – 8,443
Djibouti – 5,020
Egypt – 88,405
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,826
Ethiopia – 10,207
Gabon – 6,433
(The) Gambia – 112
Ghana – 28,430
Guinea – 6,590
Guinea-Bissau – 1,949
Ivory Coast – 14,312
Kenya – 13,771
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,107
Libya – 1,980
Madagascar – 7,153
Malawi – 2,992
Mali – 2,475
Mauritania – 5,923
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 17,562
Mozambique – 1,507
Namibia – 1,344
Niger – 1,105
Nigeria- 37,225
Rwanda – 1,629
Sao Tome and Principe – 746
Senegal – 8,948
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,711
Somalia – 3,130
South Africa – 373,628
South Sudan – 2,211
Sudan – 10,992
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 783
Tunisia – 1,381
Uganda – 1,069
Zambia – 3,326
Zimbabwe – 1,713
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