There are now more than over 190,000 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 9 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 196,368
Number of deaths = 5,364
Recoveries = 86,111
Active cases = 104,893
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 10,255
Angola – 92
Benin – 288
Botswana – 42
Burkina Faso – 890
Burundi – 83
Cameroon – 8,060
Cape Verde – 567
Central African Republic – 1,850
Chad – 839
Comoros – 141
Congo-Brazzaville – 683
DR Congo – 4,106
Djibouti – 4,278
Egypt – 35,444
Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
Eritrea – 40
Eswatini – 340
Ethiopia – 2,156
Gabon – 3,101
(The) Gambia – 28
Ghana – 9,910
Guinea – 4,216
Guinea-Bissau – 1,389
Ivory Coast – 3,881
Kenya – 2,872
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 370
Libya – 332
Madagascar – 1,094
Malawi – 443
Mali – 1,547
Mauritania – 1,104
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,302
Mozambique – 433
Namibia – 31
Niger – 973
Nigeria- 12,801
Rwanda – 451
Sao Tome and Principe – 513
Senegal – 4,427
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,001
Somalia – 2,368
South Africa – 50,879
South Sudan – 1,604
Sudan – 6,242
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 497
Tunisia – 1,087
Uganda – 646
Zambia – 1,200
Zimbabwe – 287
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