There are now more than over 590,000 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 13 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 594,955
Active cases = 286,467
Recoveries = 295,242
Number of deaths = 13,246
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 19,195
Angola – 506
Benin – 1,378
Botswana – 399
Burkina Faso – 1,036
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 15,173
Cape Verde – 1,623
Central African Republic – 4,288
Chad – 880
Comoros – 317
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,028
DR Congo – 8,033
Djibouti – 4,972
Egypt – 82,070
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,351
Ethiopia – 7,560
Gabon – 5,942
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 24,518
Guinea – 6,141
Guinea-Bissau – 1,842
Ivory Coast – 12,766
Kenya – 10,105
Lesotho – 233
Liberia – 1,010
Libya – 1,433
Madagascar – 4,867
Malawi – 2,364
Mali – 2,411
Mauritania – 5,355
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 15,745
Mozambique – 1,157
Namibia – 785
Niger – 1,099
Nigeria- 32,558
Rwanda – 1,337
Sao Tome and Principe – 729
Senegal – 8,135
Seychelles – 100
Sierra Leone – 1,635
Somalia – 3,059
South Africa – 276,242
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 10,250
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 720
Tunisia – 1,263
Uganda – 1,025
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 985
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