There are now more than over 470,000 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 hoking 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.
Confirmed cases = 476,967
Active cases = 238,319
Recoveries = 227,282
Number of deaths = 11,366
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 15,941
Angola – 346
Benin – 1,199
Botswana – 277
Burkina Faso – 987
Burundi – 191
Cameroon – 12,592
Cape Verde – 1,451
Central African Republic – 3,969
Chad – 872
Comoros – 311
Congo-Brazzaville – 1,557
DR Congo – 7,411
Djibouti – 4,792
Egypt – 75,253
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 215
Eswatini – 988
Ethiopia – 5,846
Gabon – 5,620
(The) Gambia – 57
Ghana – 20,085
Guinea – 5,610
Guinea-Bissau – 1,765
Ivory Coast – 10,772
Kenya – 7,886
Lesotho – 79
Liberia – 874
Libya – 1,046
Madagascar – 2,941
Malawi – 1,742
Mali – 2330
Mauritania – 4,879
Mauritius – 341
Morocco – 14,329
Mozambique – 987
Namibia – 485
Niger – 1,088
Nigeria- 28,711
Rwanda – 1,105
Sao Tome and Principe – 720
Senegal – 7,400
Seychelles – 81
Sierra Leone – 1,542
Somalia – 2,997
South Africa – 196,750
South Sudan – 2,021
Sudan – 9,767
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 680
Tunisia – 1,188
Uganda – 953
Zambia – 1,632
Zimbabwe –
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