There are now more than over 100,000 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: May 23 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 103,875
Number of deaths = 3,184
Recoveries = 41,576
Active cases = 59,115
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 7,918
Angola – 60
Benin – 135
Botswana – 30
Burkina Faso – 814
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 4,400
Cape Verde – 362
Central African Republic – 479
Chad – 611
Comoros – 78
Congo-Brazzaville – 469
DR Congo – 1,945
Djibouti – 2,270
Egypt – 15,786
Equatorial Guinea – 960
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 225
Ethiopia – 433
Gabon – 1,728
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 6,486
Guinea – 3,067
Guinea-Bissau – 1,114
Ivory Coast – 2,341
Kenya – 1,161
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 249
Libya – 72
Madagascar – 448
Malawi – 82
Mali – 969
Mauritania – 200
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 7,332
Mozambique – 164
Namibia – 19
Niger – 937
Nigeria- 7,261
Rwanda – 321
Sao Tome and Principe – 251
Senegal – 2,909
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 606
Somalia – 1,594
South Africa – 20,125
South Sudan – 563
Sudan – 3,378
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 363
Tunisia – 1,048
Uganda – 175
Zambia – 920
Zimbabwe – 51
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