Coronavirus in Africa: 183,050 cases; 5,060 deaths; 81,498 recoveries

There are now more than over 150,000 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 2 at 13:00 GMT: Confirmed cases = 158,030 Number of deaths = 4,505 Recoveries = 67,491 Active cases = 86,034 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 9,626 Angola – 86 Benin – 244 Botswana – 40 Burkina Faso – 881 Burundi – 63 Cameroon – 6,585 Cape Verde – 466 Central African Republic – 1,173 Chad – 803 Comoros – 132 Congo-Brazzaville – 611 DR Congo – 3,495 Djibouti – 3,779 Egypt – 27,536 Equatorial Guinea – 1,306 Eritrea – 40 Eswatini – 294 Ethiopia – 1,486 Gabon – 2,803 (The) Gambia – 25 Ghana – 8,297 Guinea – 3,886 Guinea-Bissau – 1,339 Ivory Coast – 3,024 Kenya – 2,093 Lesotho – 2 Liberia – 316 Libya – 182 Madagascar – 908 Malawi – 358 Mali – 1,351 Mauritania – 668 Mauritius – 335 Morocco – 7,910 Mozambique – 307 Namibia – 25 Niger – 960 Nigeria- 10,819 Rwanda – 384 Sao Tome and Principe – 484 Senegal – 3,932 Seychelles – 11 Sierra Leone – 909 Somalia – 2,089 South Africa – 35,812 South Sudan – 994 Sudan – 5,310 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 445 Tunisia – 1,087 Uganda – 507 Zambia – 1,089 Zimbabwe – 206 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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