There are now more than over 270,000 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 19 at 8:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 276,566
Number of deaths = 7,426
Recoveries = 127,799
Active cases = 141,341
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 11,385
Angola – 166
Benin – 597
Botswana – 79
Burkina Faso – 899
Burundi – 104
Cameroon – 10,638
Cape Verde – 823
Central African Republic – 2,605
Chad – 854
Comoros – 210
Congo-Brazzaville – 883
DR Congo – 5,283
Djibouti – 4,557
Egypt – 50,437
Equatorial Guinea – 1,664
Eritrea – 142
Eswatini – 586
Ethiopia – 3,954
Gabon – 4,340
(The) Gambia – 36
Ghana – 12,929
Guinea – 4,841
Guinea-Bissau – 1,492
Ivory Coast – 6,444
Kenya – 4,257
Lesotho – 4
Liberia – 542
Libya – 510
Madagascar – 1,403
Malawi – 592
Mali – 1,906
Mauritania – 2,424
Mauritius – 337
Morocco – 9,074
Mozambique – 662
Namibia – 39
Niger – 1,020
Nigeria- 18,480
Rwanda – 646
Sao Tome and Principe – 688
Senegal – 5,475
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,272
Somalia – 2,719
South Africa – 83,890
South Sudan – 1,830
Sudan – 8,020
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 547
Tunisia – 1,132
Uganda – 741
Zambia – 1,416
Zimbabwe – 463
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