There are now more than over 70,000 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.
There is no virus-free country in Africa as of May 13.
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: May 16 at 7:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 78,280
Number of deaths = 2,624
Recoveries = 29,245
Active cases = 46,411
Infected countries = 54
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 6,629
Angola – 48
Benin – 339
Botswana – 24
Burkina Faso – 780
Burundi – 15
Cameroon – 3,105
Cape Verde – 326
Central African Republic – 301
Chad – 428
Comoros – 11
Congo-Brazzaville – 391
DR Congo – 1,298
Djibouti – 1,309
Egypt – 11,228
Equatorial Guinea – 594
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 190
Ethiopia – 287
Gabon – 1,209
(The) Gambia – 23
Ghana – 5,638
Guinea – 2,473
Guinea-Bissau – 913
Ivory Coast – 2,017
Kenya – 781
Lesotho – 1
Liberia – 219
Libya – 64
Madagascar – 238
Malawi – 63
Mali – 806
Mauritania – 29
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 6,652
Mozambique – 119
Namibia – 16
Niger – 885
Nigeria- 5,450
Rwanda – 287
Sao Tome and Principe – 235
Senegal – 2,310
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 447
Somalia – 1,284
South Africa – 13,524
South Sudan – 236
Sudan – 1,964
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 263
Tunisia – 1,035
Uganda – 203
Zambia – 654
Zimbabwe – 42
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