There are now more than over 350,000 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: June 27 at 09:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 359,606
Active cases = 177,349
Recoveries = 172,974
Number of deaths = 9,283
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 12,685
Angola – 212
Benin – 1,053
Botswana – 92
Burkina Faso – 941
Burundi – 144
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,027
Central African Republic – 3,340
Chad – 865
Comoros – 272
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 6,552
Djibouti – 4,643
Egypt – 62,755
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 167
Eswatini – 728
Ethiopia – 5,425
Gabon – 5,209
(The) Gambia – 43
Ghana – 15,834
Guinea – 5,260
Guinea-Bissau – 1,614
Ivory Coast – 8,739
Kenya – 5,533
Lesotho – 24
Liberia – 684
Libya – 713
Madagascar – 1,922
Malawi – 1,005
Mali – 2,060
Mauritania – 3,907
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 11,633
Mozambique – 816
Namibia – 121
Niger – 1,059
Nigeria- 23,298
Rwanda – 858
Sao Tome and Principe – 712
Senegal – 6,354
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,394
Somalia – 2,878
South Africa – 124,590
South Sudan – 1,942
Sudan – 9,257
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 591
Tunisia – 1,164
Uganda – 848
Zambia – 1,531
Zimbabwe – 561
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