The World Health Organization’s Africa regional head warns that a spike is likely to result in the wake of steadily improving and increased testing.
Whiles the figures remain very low in a number of countries, quite a sizeable number have passed the 1000 mark with only South Africa and Egypt breaching the 10,000 mark.
South Africa one of Africa’s most impacted country has been praised by some analysts for their dedication to mass and intensive testing which an African Union Centers for Disease Control, CDC, official has asked that all countries need to scale up if the magnitude of infection is to be ascertained.
The basic records are referenced from the Africa CDC and the John Hopkins hospital LIVE portal, we also prioritize tallies from trusted national sources.
All figures valid as of May 26 at 07:00 GMT
North Africa
Algeria – 8,503
Egypt – 17,697
Morocco – 7,532
Tunisia – 1,051
West Africa
Ghana – 6,808
Guinea – 3,357
Ivory Coast – 2,423
Nigeria – 8,068
Senegal – 3,130
Guinea-Bissau – 1,178
Mali – 1,059
Central Africa
Cameroon – 4,890
DR Congo – 2,297
Gabon – 2,135
Equatorial Guinea – 1,075
East Africa
Djibouti – 2,468
Somalia – 1,689
Sudan – 3,976
Kenya – 1,286
Southern Africa
Major African stats: May 26 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 115,892
Number of deaths = 3,479
Recoveries = 46,553
Active cases = 65,860
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