There are now more than over 750,000 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 22 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 750,451
Active cases = 325,145
Recoveries = 409,568
Number of deaths = 15,738
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 24,278
Angola – 779
Benin – 1,602
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,065
Burundi – 328
Cameroon – 16,522
Cape Verde – 2,107
Central African Republic – 4,561
Chad – 889
Comoros – 337
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,851
DR Congo – 8,534
Djibouti – 5,027
Egypt – 89,078
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,894
Ethiopia – 11,072
Gabon – 6,433
(The) Gambia – 112
Ghana – 28,989
Guinea – 6,652
Guinea-Bissau – 1,954
Ivory Coast – 14,531
Kenya – 14,168
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,108
Libya – 2,088
Madagascar – 7,548
Malawi – 3,045
Mali – 2,477
Mauritania – 5,985
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 17,742
Mozambique – 1,536
Namibia – 1,366
Niger – 1,113
Nigeria- 37,801
Rwanda – 1,655
Sao Tome and Principe – 746
Senegal – 8,985
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,727
Somalia – 3,135
South Africa – 381,798
South Sudan – 2,211
Sudan – 10,992
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 790
Tunisia – 1,389
Uganda – 1,072
Zambia – 3,386
Zimbabwe – 1,820
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