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 17 at 9:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 663,953
Active cases = 306,176
Recoveries = 343,418
Number of deaths = 14,359
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 21,355
Angola – 607
Benin – 1,463
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,038
Burundi – 303
Cameroon – 16,157
Cape Verde – 1,894
Central African Republic – 4,373
Chad – 886
Comoros – 328
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,358
DR Congo – 8,199
Djibouti – 4,993
Egypt – 85,771
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,552
Ethiopia – 8,475
Gabon – 6,121
(The) Gambia – 78
Ghana – 26,125
Guinea – 6,359
Guinea-Bissau – 1,902
Ivory Coast – 13,554
Kenya – 11,673
Lesotho – 256
Liberia – 1,070
Libya – 1,652
Madagascar – 6,089
Malawi – 2,712
Mali – 2,440
Mauritania – 5,659
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 16,545
Mozambique – 1,383
Namibia – 1,032
Niger – 1,102
Nigeria- 34,854
Rwanda – 1,473
Sao Tome and Principe – 740
Senegal – 8,481
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,678
Somalia – 3,106
South Africa – 324,221
South Sudan – 2,171
Sudan – 10,527
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 749
Tunisia – 1,327
Uganda – 1,051
Zambia – 1,895
Zimbabwe – 1,362
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