Coronavirus in Africa: 196,368 cases; 5,364 deaths; 86,111 recoveries

There are now more than over 190,000 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 9 at 7:00 GMT: Confirmed cases = 196,368 Number of deaths = 5,364 Recoveries = 86,111 Active cases = 104,893 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 10,255 Angola – 92 Benin – 288 Botswana – 42 Burkina Faso – 890 Burundi – 83 Cameroon – 8,060 Cape Verde – 567 Central African Republic – 1,850 Chad – 839 Comoros – 141 Congo-Brazzaville – 683 DR Congo – 4,106 Djibouti – 4,278 Egypt – 35,444 Equatorial Guinea – 1,306 Eritrea – 40 Eswatini – 340 Ethiopia – 2,156 Gabon – 3,101 (The) Gambia – 28 Ghana – 9,910 Guinea – 4,216 Guinea-Bissau – 1,389 Ivory Coast – 3,881 Kenya – 2,872 Lesotho – 4 Liberia – 370 Libya – 332 Madagascar – 1,094 Malawi – 443 Mali – 1,547 Mauritania – 1,104 Mauritius – 337 Morocco – 8,302 Mozambique – 433 Namibia – 31 Niger – 973 Nigeria- 12,801 Rwanda – 451 Sao Tome and Principe – 513 Senegal – 4,427 Seychelles – 11 Sierra Leone – 1,001 Somalia – 2,368 South Africa – 50,879 South Sudan – 1,604 Sudan – 6,242 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 497 Tunisia – 1,087 Uganda – 646 Zambia – 1,200 Zimbabwe – 287 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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