There are now more than over 80,000 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: May 18 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 84,521
Number of deaths = 2,759
Recoveries = 32,515
Active cases = 49,322
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 7,019
Angola – 48
Benin – 339
Botswana – 25
Burkina Faso – 796
Burundi – 23
Cameroon – 3,105
Cape Verde – 328
Central African Republic – 327
Chad – 503
Comoros – 11
Congo-Brazzaville – 391
DR Congo – 1,455
Djibouti – 1,401
Egypt – 12,229
Equatorial Guinea – 594
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 203
Ethiopia – 317
Gabon – 1,320
(The) Gambia – 23
Ghana – 5,735
Guinea – 2,658
Guinea-Bissau – 990
Ivory Coast – 2,109
Kenya – 887
Lesotho – 1
Liberia – 226
Libya – 65
Madagascar – 304
Malawi – 70
Mali – 860
Mauritania – 62
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 6,870
Mozambique – 137
Namibia – 16
Niger – 904
Nigeria- 5,959
Rwanda – 292
Sao Tome and Principe – 235
Senegal – 2,480
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 505
Somalia – 1,421
South Africa – 15,515
South Sudan – 290
Sudan – 2,289
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 301
Tunisia – 1,037
Uganda – 227
Zambia – 753
Zimbabwe – 44
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