Africa virus stats: 371,611 cases; 9,485 deaths; 178,524 recoveries

There are now more than over 330,000 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: June 25 at 7:30 GMT: Confirmed cases = 335,791 Active cases = 166,106 Recoveries = 160,829 Number of deaths = 8,856 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 12,248 Angola – 197 Benin – 902 Botswana – 92 Burkina Faso – 919 Burundi – 144 Cameroon – 12,592 Cape Verde – 999 Central African Republic – 3,099 Chad – 860 Comoros – 265 Congo-Brazzaville – 1,087 DR Congo – 6,213 Djibouti – 4,630 Egypt – 59,561 Equatorial Guinea – 1,664 Eritrea – 144 Eswatini – 690 Ethiopia – 5,034 Gabon – 4,956 (The) Gambia – 42 Ghana – 15,013 Guinea – 5,174 Guinea-Bissau – 1,556 Ivory Coast – 8,164 Kenya – 5,206 Lesotho – 17 Liberia – 662 Libya – 670 Madagascar – 1,787 Malawi – 941 Mali – 2,005 Mauritania – 3,519 Mauritius – 341 Morocco – 10,907 Mozambique – 762 Namibia – 76 Niger – 1,051 Nigeria- 22,020 Rwanda – 830 Sao Tome and Principe – 710 Senegal – 6,129 Seychelles – 11 Sierra Leone – 1,354 Somalia – 2,835 South Africa – 111,796 South Sudan – 1,942 Sudan – 8,889 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 583 Tunisia – 1,160 Uganda – 805 Zambia – 1,489 Zimbabwe – 530 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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