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 29 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 129.452
Number of deaths = 3,792
Recoveries = 53,400
Active cases = 72,260
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 8,997
Angola – 74
Benin – 210
Botswana – 35
Burkina Faso – 847
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 5,436
Cape Verde – 390
Central African Republic – 755
Chad – 726
Comoros – 87
Congo-Brazzaville – 571
DR Congo – 2,660
Djibouti – 2,914
Egypt – 20,793
Equatorial Guinea – 1,043
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 279
Ethiopia – 831
Gabon – 2,431
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 7,303
Guinea – 3,553
Guinea-Bissau – 1,195
Ivory Coast – 2,641
Kenya – 1,618
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 269
Libya – 105
Madagascar – 656
Malawi – 203
Mali – 1,194
Mauritania – 346
Mauritius – 334
Morocco – 7,643
Mozambique – 233
Namibia – 22
Niger – 955
Nigeria – 8,915
Rwanda – 349
Sao Tome and Principe – 458
Senegal – 3,348
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 812
Somalia – 1,828
South Africa – 27,403
South Sudan – 994
Sudan – 4,346
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 422
Tunisia – 1,068
Uganda – 317
Zambia – 1,057
Zimbabwe – 149
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