There are now more than over 780,000 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 24 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 789,226
Active cases = 325,485
Recoveries = 447,226
Number of deaths = 16,715
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 25,484
Angola – 851
Benin – 1,694
Botswana – 592
Burkina Faso – 1,070
Burundi – 345
Cameroon – 16,522
Cape Verde – 2,190
Central African Republic – 4,590
Chad – 915
Comoros – 340
Congo-Brazzaville – 2,851
DR Congo – 8,720
Djibouti – 5,031
Egypt – 90,413
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 251
Eswatini – 2,021
Ethiopia – 11,933
Gabon – 6,588
(The) Gambia – 170
Ghana – 30,366
Guinea – 6,806
Guinea-Bissau – 1,954
Ivory Coast – 15,001
Kenya – 15,601
Lesotho – 359
Liberia – 1,117
Libya – 2,314
Madagascar – 8,381
Malawi – 3,302
Mali – 2,494
Mauritania – 6,067
Mauritius – 343
Morocco – 18,264
Mozambique – 1,582
Namibia – 1,522
Niger – 1,122
Nigeria- 38,948
Rwanda – 1,710
Sao Tome and Principe – 749
Senegal – 9,266
Seychelles – 108
Sierra Leone – 1,752
Somalia – 3,171
South Africa – 408,052
South Sudan – 2,239
Sudan – 11,237
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 828
Tunisia – 1,406
Uganda – 1,079
Zambia – 3,789
Zimbabwe – 2,124
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