Coronavirus in Africa: 146,794 cases; 4,223 deaths; 61,773 recoveries

There are now more than over 140,000 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 1 at 7:00 GMT: Confirmed cases = 146,794 Number of deaths = 4,223 Recoveries = 61,773 Active cases = 80,798 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 9,394 Angola – 86 Benin – 232 Botswana – 35 Burkina Faso – 847 Burundi – 63 Cameroon – 5,904 Cape Verde – 435 Central African Republic – 1,011 Chad – 778 Comoros – 106 Congo-Brazzaville – 611 DR Congo – 3,070 Djibouti – 3,354 Egypt – 24,985 Equatorial Guinea – 1,306 Eritrea – 39 Eswatini – 285 Ethiopia – 1,172 Gabon – 2,655 (The) Gambia – 25 Ghana – 8,070 Guinea – 3,706 Guinea-Bissau – 1,256 Ivory Coast – 2,833 Kenya – 1,962 Lesotho – 2 Liberia – 288 Libya – 156 Madagascar – 771 Malawi – 284 Mali – 1,256 Mauritania – 530 Mauritius – 335 Morocco – 7,807 Mozambique – 254 Namibia – 24 Niger – 958 Nigeria- 10,162 Rwanda – 370 Sao Tome and Principe – 483 Senegal – 3,645 Seychelles – 11 Sierra Leone – 861 Somalia – 1,976 South Africa – 32,683 South Sudan – 994 Sudan – 5,026 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 442 Tunisia – 1,077 Uganda – 417 Zambia – 1,057 Zimbabwe – 178 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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