There are now more than over 69,000 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. Lesotho is the country holding out as of May 12.
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: May 13 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 69,451
Number of deaths = 2,395
Recoveries = 23,973
Infected countries = 53
Virus-free countries = 1 (Lesotho)
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria 6,067
Angola 45
Benin 327
Botswana 24
Burkina Faso 766
Burundi 15
Cameroon 2,689
Cape Verde 267
Central African Republic 143
Chad 357
Comoros 11
Congo-Brazzaville 333
DR Congo 1,102
Djibouti 1,256
Egypt 10,093
Equatorial Guinea 439
Eritrea 39
Eswatini 184
Ethiopia 261
Gabon 863
(The) Gambia 23
Ghana 5,127
Guinea 2,298
Guinea-Bissau 820
Ivory Coast 1,857
Kenya 715
Lesotho 0
Liberia 211
Libya 64
Madagascar 186
Malawi 57
Mali 730
Mauritania 9
Mauritius 332
Morocco 6,418
Mozambique 104
Namibia 16
Niger 854
Nigeria- 4,787
Rwanda 286
Sao Tome and Principe 208
Senegal 1,995
Seychelles 11
Sierra Leone 338
Somalia 1,170
South Africa 11,350
South Sudan 194
Sudan 1,661
Tanzania 509
Togo 199
Tunisia 1,032
Uganda 126
Zambia 441
Zimbabwe 36
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