There are now more than over 220,000 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 16 at 07:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 259,111
Number of deaths = 7,016
Recoveries = 118,748
Active cases = 133,347
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 11,147
Angola – 148
Benin – 532
Botswana – 60
Burkina Faso – 895
Burundi – 104
Cameroon – 9,864
Cape Verde – 781
Central African Republic – 2,410
Chad – 853
Comoros – 197
Congo-Brazzaville – 883
DR Congo – 4,974
Djibouti – 4,539
Egypt – 47,856
Equatorial Guinea – 1,664
Eritrea – 121
Eswatini – 520
Ethiopia – 3,630
Gabon – 4,114
(The) Gambia – 34
Ghana – 12,193
Guinea – 4,639
Guinea-Bissau – 1,492
Ivory Coast – 5,679
Kenya – 3,860
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 509
Libya – 484
Madagascar – 1,317
Malawi – 564
Mali – 1,885
Mauritania – 2,057
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,931
Mozambique – 638
Namibia – 34
Niger – 1,016
Nigeria – 17,148
Rwanda – 636
Sao Tome and Principe – 671
Senegal – 5,247
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,225
Somalia – 2,658
South Africa – 76,334
South Sudan – 1,776
Sudan – 7,740
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 537
Tunisia – 1,125
Uganda – 724
Zambia – 1,405
Zimbabwe – 391
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