Coronavirus in Africa: 135,375 cases; 3,923 deaths; 56,401 recoveries

There are now more than over 130,000 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. SUGGESTED READING: Africa’s COVID-19 deaths pass 100,000 mark Major African stats: May 30 at 7:00 GMT: Confirmed cases = 135,375 Number of deaths = 3,923 Recoveries = 56,401 Active cases = 75,051 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 9,134 Angola – 81 Benin – 224 Botswana – 35 Burkina Faso – 847 Burundi – 42 Cameroon – 5,436 Cape Verde – 405 Central African Republic – 874 Chad – 759 Comoros – 87 Congo-Brazzaville – 571 DR Congo – 2,833 Djibouti – 2,914 Egypt – 22,082 Equatorial Guinea – 1,306 Eritrea – 39 Eswatini – 279 Ethiopia – 968 Gabon – 2,613 (The) Gambia – 25 Ghana – 7,616 Guinea – 3,656 Guinea-Bissau – 1,256 Ivory Coast – 2,750 Kenya – 1,745 Lesotho – 2 Liberia – 273 Libya – 118 Madagascar – 698 Malawi – 273 Mali – 1,226 Mauritania – 423 Mauritius – 335 Morocco – 7,714 Mozambique – 234 Namibia – 23 Niger – 955 Nigeria- 9,302 Rwanda – 325 Sao Tome and Principe – 463 Senegal – 3,429 Seychelles – 11 Sierra Leone – 829 Somalia – 1,828 South Africa – 29,240 South Sudan – 994 Sudan – 4,521 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 428 Tunisia – 1,071 Uganda – 329 Zambia – 1,057 Zimbabwe – 149 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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