There are now more than over 150,000 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: June 2 at 13:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 158,030
Number of deaths = 4,505
Recoveries = 67,491
Active cases = 86,034
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 9,626
Angola – 86
Benin – 244
Botswana – 40
Burkina Faso – 881
Burundi – 63
Cameroon – 6,585
Cape Verde – 466
Central African Republic – 1,173
Chad – 803
Comoros – 132
Congo-Brazzaville – 611
DR Congo – 3,495
Djibouti – 3,779
Egypt – 27,536
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 40
Eswatini – 294
Ethiopia – 1,486
Gabon – 2,803
(The) Gambia – 25
Ghana – 8,297
Guinea – 3,886
Guinea-Bissau – 1,339
Ivory Coast – 3,024
Kenya – 2,093
Lesotho – 2
Liberia – 316
Libya – 182
Madagascar – 908
Malawi – 358
Mali – 1,351
Mauritania – 668
Mauritius – 335
Morocco – 7,910
Mozambique – 307
Namibia – 25
Niger – 960
Nigeria- 10,819
Rwanda – 384
Sao Tome and Principe – 484
Senegal – 3,932
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 909
Somalia – 2,089
South Africa – 35,812
South Sudan – 994
Sudan – 5,310
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 445
Tunisia – 1,087
Uganda – 507
Zambia – 1,089
Zimbabwe – 206
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