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 14 at 14:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 233.836
Number of deaths = 6,261
Recoveries = 107,013
Active cases = 120,562
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,810
Angola – 138
Benin – 412
Botswana – 60
Burkina Faso – 894
Burundi – 85
Cameroon – 8,681
Cape Verde – 726
Central African Republic – 2,057
Chad – 848
Comoros – 176
Congo-Brazzaville – 728
DR Congo – 4,778
Djibouti – 4,449
Egypt – 42,980
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 65
Eswatini – 486
Ethiopia – 3,345
Gabon – 3,463
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 11,422
Guinea – 4,484
Guinea-Bissau – 1,460
Ivory Coast – 4,848
Kenya – 3,594
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 446
Libya – 418
Madagascar – 1,272
Malawi – 529
Mali – 1,776
Mauritania – 1,682
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,734
Mozambique – 583
Namibia – 32
Niger – 980
Nigeria – 15,682
Rwanda – 541
Sao Tome and Principe – 659
Senegal – 5,090
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,169
Somalia – 2,579
South Africa – 65,736
South Sudan – 1,693
Sudan – 7,007
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 530
Tunisia – 1,096
Uganda – 696
Zambia – 1,357
Zimbabwe – 356
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