There are now more than over 90,000 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 21 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 95,482
Number of deaths = 3,000
Recoveries = 38,120
Active cases = 54,362
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 7,542
Angola – 52
Benin – 130
Botswana – 29
Burkina Faso – 809
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 3,733
Cape Verde – 349
Central African Republic – 418
Chad – 565
Comoros – 34
Congo-Brazzaville – 420
DR Congo – 1,731
Djibouti – 1,828
Egypt – 14,229
Equatorial Guinea – 890
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 217
Ethiopia – 389
Gabon – 1,567
(The) Gambia – 24
Ghana – 6,269
Guinea – 2,863
Guinea-Bissau – 1,089
Ivory Coast – 2,231
Kenya – 1,029
Lesotho – 1
Liberia – 238
Libya – 69
Madagascar – 371
Malawi – 71
Mali – 931
Mauritania – 141
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 7,133
Mozambique – 156
Namibia – 16
Niger – 920
Nigeria- 6,677
Rwanda – 314
Sao Tome and Principe – 251
Senegal – 2,714
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 570
Somalia – 1,573
South Africa – 18,003
South Sudan – 290
Sudan – 3,138
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 340
Tunisia – 1,045
Uganda – 264
Zambia – 832
Zimbabwe – 48
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