There are now more than over 220,000 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 13 at 8:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 225,126
Number of deaths = 6,051
Recoveries = 102,912
Active cases = 116,163
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,698
Angola – 130
Benin – 388
Botswana – 48
Burkina Faso – 892
Burundi – 85
Cameroon – 8,681
Cape Verde – 697
Central African Republic – 2,044
Chad – 848
Comoros – 163
Congo-Brazzaville – 728
DR Congo – 4,637
Djibouti – 4,441
Egypt – 41,303
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 41
Eswatini – 472
Ethiopia – 2,915
Gabon – 3,463
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 11,118
Guinea – 4,426
Guinea-Bissau – 1,460
Ivory Coast – 4,684
Kenya – 3,305
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 421
Libya – 409
Madagascar – 1,240
Malawi – 481
Mali – 1,752
Mauritania – 1,572
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,610
Mozambique – 509
Namibia – 31
Niger – 978
Nigeria- 15,181
Rwanda – 510
Sao Tome and Principe – 650
Senegal – 4,851
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,103
Somalia – 2,513
South Africa – 61,927
South Sudan – 1,670
Sudan – 6,879
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 525
Tunisia – 1,093
Uganda – 686
Zambia – 1,321
Zimbabwe – 343
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