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 19 at 6:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 88,264
Number of deaths = 2,832
Recoveries = 33,898
Active cases = 51,534
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 7,201
Angola – 50
Benin – 339
Botswana – 25
Burkina Faso – 796
Burundi – 42
Cameroon – 3,529
Cape Verde – 328
Central African Republic – 327
Chad – 519
Comoros – 11
Congo-Brazzaville – 412
DR Congo – 1,538
Djibouti – 1,518
Egypt – 12,764
Equatorial Guinea – 719
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 205
Ethiopia – 352
Gabon – 1,432
(The) Gambia – 24
Ghana – 5,735
Guinea – 2,796
Guinea-Bissau – 1,032
Ivory Coast – 2,119
Kenya – 912
Lesotho – 1
Liberia – 229
Libya – 65
Madagascar – 322
Malawi – 70
Mali – 874
Mauritania – 81
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 6,952
Mozambique – 145
Namibia – 16
Niger – 909
Nigeria- 6,175
Rwanda – 297
Sao Tome and Principe – 246
Senegal – 2,544
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 509
Somalia – 1,455
South Africa – 16,433
South Sudan – 290
Sudan – 2,591
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 330
Tunisia – 1,043
Uganda – 248
Zambia – 761
Zimbabwe – 46
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