There are now more than over 70,000 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. There is no virus-free country in Africa as of May 13.
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 14 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 72,391
Number of deaths = 2,493
Recoveries = 25,269
Infected countries = 54
Virus-free countries = 0
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria 6,253
Angola 45
Benin 327
Botswana 24
Burkina Faso 773
Burundi 15
Cameroon 2,800
Cape Verde 289
Central African Republic 143
Chad 372
Comoros 11
Congo-Brazzaville 333
DR Congo 1,169
Djibouti 1,268
Egypt 10,431
Equatorial Guinea 522
Eritrea 39
Eswatini 187
Ethiopia 263
Gabon 863
(The) Gambia 23
Ghana 5,408
Guinea 2,374
Guinea-Bissau 836
Ivory Coast 1,912
Kenya 737
Lesotho 1
Liberia 213
Libya 64
Madagascar 212
Malawi 63
Mali 758
Mauritania 16
Mauritius 332
Morocco 6,512
Mozambique 104
Namibia 16
Niger 860
Nigeria- 4,971
Rwanda 287
Sao Tome and Principe 220
Senegal 2,105
Seychelles 11
Sierra Leone 387
Somalia 1,219
South Africa 12,074
South Sudan 203
Sudan 1,818
Tanzania 509
Togo 219
Tunisia 1,032
Uganda 139
Zambia 446
Zimbabwe 37
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