Coronavirus in Africa: 57,844 cases; 2,154 deaths; 19,133 recoveries
By Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban
 Last updated: 14 hours ago
AFRICA
There are now more than over 42,500 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. The whole of Africa has rising cases with Lesotho the country holding out as of May 1.

We shall keep updating this list largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data. The classifications are based on where the countries are located especially in the case of countries that belong to two different blocs, like Tanzania in East Africa, despite belonging to EAC and SADC.


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Major African stats: May 9 at 5:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases = 57,844
Number of deaths = 2,154
Recoveries = 19,133
Infected countries = 53
Virus-free countries = 1 (Lesotho)
Countries in alphabetical order
Algeria – 5,369
Angola – 43
Benin – 244
Botswana – 23
Burkina Faso – 744
Burundi – 15
Cameroon – 2,267
Cape Verde – 230
Central African Republic – 143
Chad – 260
Comoros – 8
Congo-Brazzaville – 274
DR Congo – 937
Djibouti – 1,135
Egypt – 8,476
Equatorial Guinea – 439
Eritrea – 39
Eswatini – 159
Ethiopia – 194
Gabon – 620
(The) Gambia – 20
Ghana – 4,012
Guinea – 2,009
Guinea-Bissau – 594
Ivory Coast – 1,602
Kenya – 621
Lesotho – 0
Liberia – 199
Libya – 64
Madagascar – 193
Malawi – 43
Mali – 668
Mauritania – 8
Mauritius – 332
Morocco – 5,711
Mozambique – 82
Namibia – 16
Niger – 795
Nigeria- 3,912
Rwanda – 273
Sao Tome and Principe – 208
Senegal – 1,551
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 257
Somalia – 928
South Africa – 8,895
South Sudan – 120
Sudan – 1,111
Tanzania – 509
Togo – 145
Tunisia – 1,030
Uganda – 101
Zambia – 167
Zimbabwe – 34
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