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.
SUGGESTED READING: Africa’s COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark
Major African stats: July 16 at 9:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 643,679
Active cases = 296,901
Recoveries = 332,789
Number of deaths = 13,989
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 20,770
Angola – 576
Benin – 1,378
Botswana – 399
Burkina Faso – 1,038
Burundi – 269
Cameroon – 15,173
Cape Verde – 1,837
Central African Republic – 4,362
Chad – 885
Comoros – 321
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,222
DR Congo – 8,163
Djibouti – 4,985
Egypt – 84,843
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 232
Eswatini – 1,489
Ethiopia – 8,181
Gabon – 6,121
(The) Gambia – 64
Ghana – 25,430
Guinea – 6,276
Guinea-Bissau – 1,842
Ivory Coast – 13,403
Kenya – 11,252
Lesotho – 256
Liberia – 1,056
Libya – 1,589
Madagascar – 5,605
Malawi – 2,614
Mali – 2,433
Mauritania – 5,564
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 16,262
Mozambique – 1,330
Namibia – 960
Niger – 1,100
Nigeria- 34,259
Rwanda – 1,435
Sao Tome and Principe – 737
Senegal – 8,369
Seychelles – 100
Sierra Leone – 1,668
Somalia – 3,083
South Africa – 311,049
South Sudan – 2,153
Sudan – 10,527
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 740
Tunisia – 1,319
Uganda – 1,043
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 1,089
SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II
