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 15 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 625,562
Active cases = 297,971
Recoveries = 313,828
Number of deaths = 13,763
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 20,216
Angola – 541
Benin – 1,378
Botswana – 399
Burkina Faso – 1,037
Burundi – 269
Cameroon – 15,173
Cape Verde – 1,722
Central African Republic – 4,356
Chad – 884
Comoros – 321
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,028
DR Congo – 8,135
Djibouti – 4,979
Egypt – 83,930
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,434
Ethiopia – 7,969
Gabon – 6,026
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 24,988
Guinea – 6,200
Guinea-Bissau – 1,842
Ivory Coast – 13,037
Kenya – 10,791
Lesotho – 256
Liberia – 1,024
Libya – 1,563
Madagascar – 4,867
Malawi – 2,497
Mali – 2,423
Mauritania – 5,518
Mauritius – 342
Morocco – 16,097
Mozambique – 1,268
Namibia – 864
Niger – 1,099
Nigeria- 33,616
Rwanda – 1,416
Sao Tome and Principe – 732
Senegal – 8,243
Seychelles – 100
Sierra Leone – 1,651
Somalia – 3,076
South Africa – 298,292
South Sudan – 2,148
Sudan – 10,417
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 731
Tunisia – 1,306
Uganda – 1,040
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 1,064
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