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 26 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 115,892
Number of deaths = 3,479
Recoveries = 46,553
Active cases = 65,860
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 8,503
Angola – 70
Benin – 191
Botswana – 35
Burkina Faso – 832
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 4,890
Cape Verde – 390
Central African Republic – 652
Chad – 687
Comoros – 87
Congo-Brazzaville – 487
DR Congo – 2,297
Djibouti – 2,468
Egypt – 17,967
Equatorial Guinea – 1,043
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 256
Ethiopia – 655
Gabon – 2,135
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 6,808
Guinea – 3,275
Guinea-Bissau – 1,178
Ivory Coast – 2,423
Kenya – 1,286
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 265
Libya – 75
Madagascar – 542
Malawi – 101
Mali – 1,059
Mauritania – 262
Mauritius – 334
Morocco – 7,532
Mozambique – 209
Namibia – 21
Niger – 951
Nigeria – 8,068
Rwanda – 336
Sao Tome and Principe – 299
Senegal – 3,130
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 735
Somalia – 1,689
South Africa – 23,615
South Sudan – 806
Sudan – 3,976
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 386
Tunisia – 1,051
Uganda – 222
Zambia – 920
Zimbabwe – 56
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