There are now more than over 870,000 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.
Africa COVID-19 stats: 874,036 cases; 18,498 deaths; 524,557 recoveries
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: July 29 at 7:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 874,036
Active cases = 330,981
Recoveries = 524,557
Number of deaths = 18,498
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 28,615
Angola – 1,000
Benin – 1,770
Botswana – 739
Burkina Faso – 1,105
Burundi – 378
Cameroon – 17,179
Cape Verde – 2,354
Central African Republic – 4,599
Chad – 926
Comoros – 354
Congo-Brazzaville – 3,200
DR Congo – 8,873
Djibouti – 5,068
Egypt – 92,947
Equatorial Guinea – 3,071
Eritrea – 265
Eswatini – 2,404
Ethiopia – 15,200
Gabon – 7,189
(The) Gambia – 326
Ghana – 34,406
Guinea – 7,126
Guinea-Bissau – 1,954
Ivory Coast – 15,713
Kenya – 18,581
Lesotho – 505
Liberia – 1,177
Libya – 3,017
Madagascar – 10,104
Malawi – 3,709
Mali – 2,520
Mauritania – 6,249
Mauritius – 344
Morocco – 21,387
Mozambique – 1,720
Namibia – 1,917
Niger – 1,132
Nigeria- 41,804
Rwanda – 1,926
Sao Tome and Principe – 867
Senegal – 9,805
Seychelles – 114
Sierra Leone – 1,786
Somalia – 3,212
South Africa – 459,761
South Sudan – 2,305
Sudan – 11,496
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 896
Tunisia – 1,468
Uganda – 1,135
Zambia – 5,002
Zimbabwe – 2,817
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