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.
Major African statistics as of June 7
- Confirmed cases = 183.760
- Number of deaths = 5,060
- Recoveries = 81,498
- Active cases = 97,202
COUNTRIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER AND THEIR TOTAL CASES
- Algeria – 10,050
- Angola – 88
- Benin – 261
- Botswana – 40
- Burkina Faso – 888
- Burundi – 83
- Cameroon – 7,599
- Cape Verde – 542
- Central African Republic – 1,570
- Chad – 836
- Comoros – 141
- Congo-Brazzaville – 683
- DR Congo – 3,878
- Djibouti – 4,169
- Egypt – 32,612
- Equatorial Guinea – 1,306
- Eritrea – 40
- Eswatini – 322
- Ethiopia – 1,934
- Gabon – 3,101
- (The) Gambia – 26
- Ghana – 9,462
- Guinea – 4,117
- Guinea-Bissau – 1,368
- Ivory Coast – 3,557
- Kenya – 2,600
- Lesotho – 4
- Liberia – 345
- Libya – 256
- Madagascar – 1,026
- Malawi – 409
- Mali – 1,532
- Mauritania – 947
- Mauritius – 337
- Morocco – 8,151
- Mozambique – 402
- Namibia – 29
- Niger – 970
- Nigeria – 12,233
- Rwanda – 431
- Sao Tome and Principe – 499
- Senegal – 4,249
- Seychelles – 11
- Sierra Leone – 946
- Somalia – 2,289
- South Africa – 45,973
- South Sudan – 1,317
- Sudan – 6,081
- Tanzania – 509
- Togo – 487
- Tunisia – 1,087
- Uganda – 593
- Zambia – 1,089
- Zimbabwe – 1279
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