There are now more than over 400,000 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 30 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 418,211
Active cases = 209,623
Recoveries = 198,182
Number of deaths = 10,406
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 13,272
Angola – 291
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 227
Burkina Faso – 962
Burundi – 170
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,267
Central African Republic – 3,745
Chad – 866
Comoros – 303
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,382
DR Congo – 7,122
Djibouti – 4,704
Egypt – 69,814
Equatorial Guinea – 2,001
Eritrea – 203
Eswatini – 840
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,513
(The) Gambia – 49
Ghana – 18,134
Guinea – 5,404
Guinea-Bissau – 1,654
Ivory Coast – 9,702
Kenya – 6,673
Lesotho – 35
Liberia – 804
Libya – 874
Madagascar – 2,303
Malawi – 1,265
Mali – 2,202
Mauritania – 4,472
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 12,636
Mozambique – 903
Namibia – 285
Niger – 1,075
Nigeria- 26,484
Rwanda – 1,042
Sao Tome and Principe – 715
Senegal – 6,925
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,498
Somalia – 2,924
South Africa – 159,333
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 9,573
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 661
Tunisia – 1,175
Uganda – 893
Zambia – 1,632
Zimbabwe – 605
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