There are now more than over 770,000 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 23 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 770,175
Active cases = 318,587
Recoveries = 435,142
Number of deaths = 16,446
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 24,872
Angola – 812
Benin – 1,690
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,066
Burundi – 328
Cameroon – 16,522
Cape Verde – 2,154
Central African Republic – 4,574
Chad – 889
Comoros – 337
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,851
DR Congo – 8,626
Djibouti – 5,030
Egypt – 89,745
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,938
Ethiopia – 11,524
Gabon – 6,588
(The) Gambia – 146
Ghana – 29,672
Guinea – 6,747
Guinea-Bissau – 1,954
Ivory Coast – 14,733
Kenya – 14,805
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,114
Libya – 2,176
Madagascar – 8,162
Malawi – 3,302
Mali – 2,494
Mauritania – 6,027
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 17,962
Mozambique – 1,557
Namibia – 1,402
Niger – 1,122
Nigeria- 38,344
Rwanda – 1,689
Sao Tome and Principe – 747
Senegal – 9,121
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,731
Somalia – 3,161
South Africa – 394,948
South Sudan – 2,211
Sudan – 11,237
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 806
Tunisia – 1,394
Uganda – 1,075
Zambia – 3,583
Zimbabwe – 2,034
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