There are now more than over 130,000 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 30 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 135,375
Number of deaths = 3,923
Recoveries = 56,401
Active cases = 75,051
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 9,134
Angola – 81
Benin – 224
Botswana – 35
Burkina Faso – 847
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 5,436
Cape Verde – 405
Central African Republic – 874
Chad – 759
Comoros – 87
Congo-Brazzaville – 571
DR Congo – 2,833
Djibouti – 2,914
Egypt – 22,082
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 279
Ethiopia – 968
Gabon – 2,613
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 7,616
Guinea – 3,656
Guinea-Bissau – 1,256
Ivory Coast – 2,750
Kenya – 1,745
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 273
Libya – 118
Madagascar – 698
Malawi – 273
Mali – 1,226
Mauritania – 423
Mauritius – 335
Morocco – 7,714
Mozambique – 234
Namibia – 23
Niger – 955
Nigeria- 9,302
Rwanda – 325
Sao Tome and Principe – 463
Senegal – 3,429
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 829
Somalia – 1,828
South Africa – 29,240
South Sudan – 994
Sudan – 4,521
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 428
Tunisia – 1,071
Uganda – 329
Zambia – 1,057
Zimbabwe – 149
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