There are now more than over 300,000 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 23 at 7:30 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 315,380
Active cases = 156,447
Recoveries = 150,594
Number of deaths = 8,339
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 11,920
Angola – 186
Benin – 807
Botswana – 89
Burkina Faso – 903
Burundi – 144
Cameroon – 12,041
Cape Verde – 944
Central African Republic – 2,963
Chad – 858
Comoros – 247
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087
DR Congo – 5,924
Djibouti – 4,599
Egypt – 56,809
Equatorial Guinea – 1,664
Eritrea – 143
Eswatini – 643
Ethiopia – 4,663
Gabon – 4,739
(The) Gambia – 41
Ghana – 14,154
Guinea – 4,988
Guinea-Bissau – 1,556
Ivory Coast – 7,677
Kenya – 4,797
Lesotho – 12
Liberia – 650
Libya – 595
Madagascar – 1,640
Malawi – 749
Mali – 1,960
Mauritania – 3,121
Mauritius – 340
Morocco – 10,172
Mozambique – 737
Namibia – 63
Niger – 1,036
Nigeria- 20,919
Rwanda – 787
Sao Tome and Principe – 702
Senegal – 5,970
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 1,340
Somalia – 2,812
South Africa – 101,590
South Sudan – 1,916
Sudan – 8,698
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 569
Tunisia – 1,159
Uganda – 774
Zambia – 1,430
Zimbabwe – 512
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