There are now more than over 720,000 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 20 at 7:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 721,292
Active cases = 325,869
Recoveries = 380,253
Number of deaths = 15,170
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 23,084
Angola – 705
Benin – 1,602
Botswana – 522
Burkina Faso – 1,052
Burundi – 310
Cameroon – 16,157
Cape Verde – 2,045
Central African Republic – 4,485
Chad – 889
Comoros – 334
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,633
DR Congo – 8,403
Djibouti – 5,011
Egypt – 87,775
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 1,793
Ethiopia – 10,207
Gabon – 6,315
(The) Gambia – 93
Ghana – 27,667
Guinea – 6,544
Guinea-Bissau – 1,949
Ivory Coast – 14,119
Kenya – 13,353
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,091
Libya – 1,866
Madagascar – 7,049
Malawi – 2,907
Mali – 2,475
Mauritania – 5,873
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 17,236
Mozambique – 1,491
Namibia – 1,247
Niger – 1,104
Nigeria- 36,663
Rwanda – 1,582
Sao Tome and Principe – 746
Senegal – 8,810
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,711
Somalia – 3,119
South Africa – 364,328
South Sudan – 2,200
Sudan – 10,992
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 778
Tunisia – 1,374
Uganda – 1,065
Zambia – 2,980
Zimbabwe – 1,611
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