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 28 at 09:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 371,611
Number of deaths = 9,485
Recoveries = 178,524
Active cases = 183,602
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 12,968
Angola – 259
Benin – 1,124
Botswana – 92
Burkina Faso – 941
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,091
Central African Republic – 3,429
Chad – 865
Comoros – 272
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 6,690
Djibouti – 4,643
Egypt – 63,923
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 191
Eswatini – 745
Ethiopia – 5,570
Gabon – 5,209
(The) Gambia – 44
Ghana – 16,431
Guinea – 5,291
Guinea-Bissau – 1,614
Ivory Coast – 8,944
Kenya – 5,811
Lesotho – 24
Liberia – 729
Libya – 727
Madagascar – 2,005
Malawi – 1,038
Mali – 2,118
Mauritania – 4,025
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 11,877
Mozambique – 839
Namibia – 136
Niger – 1,062
Nigeria – 24,077
Rwanda – 878
Sao Tome and Principe – 713
Senegal – 6,459
Seychelles – 20
Sierra Leone – 1,410
Somalia – 2,878
South Africa – 131,800
South Sudan – 1,942
Sudan – 9,257
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 615
Tunisia – 1,168
Uganda – 859
Zambia – 1,531
Zimbabwe – 567
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