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 27 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 119,454
Number of deaths = 3,592
Recoveries = 48,607
Active cases = 67,255
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 8,697
Angola – 70
Benin – 208
Botswana – 35
Burkina Faso – 832
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 5,436
Cape Verde – 390
Central African Republic – 671
Chad – 700
Comoros – 87
Congo-Brazzaville – 487
DR Congo – 2,403
Djibouti – 2,468
Egypt – 18,756
Equatorial Guinea – 1,043
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 261
Ethiopia – 701
Gabon – 2,238
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 7,117
Guinea – 3,275
Guinea-Bissau – 1,178
Ivory Coast – 2,477
Kenya – 1,348
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 266
Libya – 77
Madagascar – 586
Malawi – 101
Mali – 1,077
Mauritania – 268
Mauritius – 334
Morocco – 7,577
Mozambique – 213
Namibia – 21
Niger – 952
Nigeria – 8,344
Rwanda – 339
Sao Tome and Principe – 441
Senegal – 3,161
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 754
Somalia – 1,711
South Africa – 24,264
South Sudan – 806
Sudan – 3,976
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 391
Tunisia – 1,051
Uganda – 253
Zambia – 920
Zimbabwe – 56
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