There are now more than over 200,000 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 10 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 202,864
Number of deaths = 5,539
Recoveries = 90,813
Active cases = 106,512
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,382
Angola – 96
Benin – 305
Botswana – 42
Burkina Faso – 891
Burundi – 83
Cameroon – 8,312
Cape Verde – 585
Central African Republic – 1,850
Chad – 844
Comoros – 141
Congo-Brazzaville – 728
DR Congo – 4,259
Djibouti – 4,331
Egypt – 36,829
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 40
Eswatini – 371
Ethiopia – 2,336
Gabon – 3,247
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 10,201
Guinea – 4,258
Guinea-Bissau – 1,389
Ivory Coast – 3,995
Kenya – 2,989
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 383
Libya – 359
Madagascar – 1,138
Malawi – 455
Mali – 1,586
Mauritania – 1,164
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,437
Mozambique – 453
Namibia – 31
Niger – 974
Nigeria- 13,464
Rwanda – 463
Sao Tome and Principe – 514
Senegal – 4,516
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,025
Somalia – 2,416
South Africa – 52,991
South Sudan – 1,604
Sudan – 6,427
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 501
Tunisia – 1,087
Uganda – 657
Zambia – 1,200
Zimbabwe – 314
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