There are now more than over 500,000 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: July 10 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 541,924
Active cases = 266,620
Recoveries = 262,842
Number of deaths = 12,462
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 17,808
Angola – 396
Benin – 1,285
Botswana – 314
Burkina Faso – 1,005
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 14,916
Cape Verde – 1,552
Central African Republic – 4,200
Chad – 873
Comoros – 314
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,821
DR Congo – 7,846
Djibouti – 4,955
Egypt – 79,254
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,213
Ethiopia – 6,973
Gabon – 5,871
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 23,463
Guinea – 5,881
Guinea-Bissau – 1,790
Ivory Coast – 11,750
Kenya – 8,975
Lesotho – 134
Liberia – 957
Libya – 1,342
Madagascar – 3,782
Malawi – 1,984
Mali – 2,370
Mauritania – 5,126
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 15,079
Mozambique – 1,092
Namibia – 615
Niger – 1,097
Nigeria- 30,748
Rwanda – 1,210
Sao Tome and Principe – 726
Senegal – 7,784
Seychelles – 94
Sierra Leone – 1,598
Somalia – 3,038
South Africa – 238,339
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 10,158
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 704
Tunisia – 1,231
Uganda – 1,000
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 926
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