There are now more than over 260,000 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 18 at 07:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 267,818
Number of deaths = 7,219
Recoveries = 123,054
Active cases = 137,545
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 11,268
Angola – 155
Benin – 572
Botswana – 79
Burkina Faso – 899
Burundi – 104
Cameroon – 9,864
Cape Verde – 792
Central African Republic – 2,564
Chad – 854
Comoros – 197
Congo-Brazzaville – 883
DR Congo – 5,100
Djibouti – 4,545
Egypt – 49,219
Equatorial Guinea – 1,664
Eritrea – 131
Eswatini – 563
Ethiopia – 3,759
Gabon – 4,229
(The) Gambia – 34
Ghana – 12,590
Guinea – 4,668
Guinea-Bissau – 1,492
Ivory Coast – 6,063
Kenya – 4,044
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 516
Libya – 500
Madagascar – 1,378
Malawi – 572
Mali – 1,890
Mauritania – 2,223
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 8,997
Mozambique – 651
Namibia – 36
Niger – 1,020
Nigeria – 17,735
Rwanda – 639
Sao Tome and Principe – 683
Senegal – 5,369
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,249
Somalia – 2,696
South Africa – 80,412
South Sudan – 1,813
Sudan – 8,020
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 544
Tunisia – 1,128
Uganda – 732
Zambia – 1,412
Zimbabwe – 401
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