There are now more than over 80,000 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: May 17 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 81,608
Number of deaths = 2,708
Recoveries = 31,122
Active cases = 47,778
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 6,821
Angola – 48
Benin – 339
Botswana – 25
Burkina Faso – 782
Burundi – 15
Cameroon – 3,105
Cape Verde – 328
Central African Republic – 327
Chad – 474
Comoros – 11
Congo-Brazzaville – 391
DR Congo – 1,370
Djibouti – 1,331
Egypt – 11,719
Equatorial Guinea – 594
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 202
Ethiopia – 306
Gabon – 1,320
(The) Gambia – 23
Ghana – 5,735
Guinea – 2,658
Guinea-Bissau – 969
Ivory Coast – 2,061
Kenya – 830
Lesotho – 1
Liberia – 223
Libya – 65
Madagascar – 283
Malawi – 63
Mali – 835
Mauritania – 40
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 6,741
Mozambique – 129
Namibia – 16
Niger – 889
Nigeria- 5,621
Rwanda – 289
Sao Tome and Principe – 235
Senegal – 2,429
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 462
Somalia – 1,357
South Africa – 14,355
South Sudan – 298
Sudan – 2,289
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 298
Tunisia – 1,035
Uganda – 227
Zambia – 679
Zimbabwe – 42
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