There are now more than over 330,000 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 25 at 7:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 335,791
Active cases = 166,106
Recoveries = 160,829
Number of deaths = 8,856
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 12,248
Angola – 197
Benin – 902
Botswana – 92
Burkina Faso – 919
Burundi – 144
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 999
Central African Republic – 3,099
Chad – 860
Comoros – 265
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 6,213
Djibouti – 4,630
Egypt – 59,561
Equatorial Guinea – 1,664
Eritrea – 144
Eswatini – 690
Ethiopia – 5,034
Gabon – 4,956
(The) Gambia – 42
Ghana – 15,013
Guinea – 5,174
Guinea-Bissau – 1,556
Ivory Coast – 8,164
Kenya – 5,206
Lesotho – 17
Liberia – 662
Libya – 670
Madagascar – 1,787
Malawi – 941
Mali – 2,005
Mauritania – 3,519
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 10,907
Mozambique – 762
Namibia – 76
Niger – 1,051
Nigeria- 22,020
Rwanda – 830
Sao Tome and Principe – 710
Senegal – 6,129
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,354
Somalia – 2,835
South Africa – 111,796
South Sudan – 1,942
Sudan – 8,889
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 583
Tunisia – 1,160
Uganda – 805
Zambia – 1,489
Zimbabwe – 530
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