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 15 at 07:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 242,969
Number of deaths = 6,524
Recoveries = 110,735
Active cases = 125,710
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,919
Angola – 140
Benin – 442
Botswana – 60
Burkina Faso – 894
Burundi – 85
Cameroon – 9,864
Cape Verde – 750
Central African Republic – 2,057
Chad – 850
Comoros – 176
Congo-Brazzaville – 728
DR Congo – 4,778
Djibouti – 4,465
Egypt – 44,598
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 96
Eswatini – 490
Ethiopia – 3,345
Gabon – 3,463
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 11,964
Guinea – 4,532
Guinea-Bissau – 1,460
Ivory Coast – 5,084
Kenya – 3,594
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 458
Libya – 454
Madagascar – 1,272
Malawi – 547
Mali – 1,809
Mauritania – 1,783
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,793
Mozambique – 583
Namibia – 32
Niger – 980
Nigeria – 16,085
Rwanda – 582
Sao Tome and Principe – 661
Senegal – 5,090
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,169
Somalia – 2,618
South Africa – 70,038
South Sudan – 1,693
Sudan – 7,220
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 531
Tunisia – 1,096
Uganda – 696
Zambia – 1,358
Zimbabwe – 383
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