Africa COVID-19 stats: 770,175 cases; 16,446 deaths; 435,142 recoveries

There are now more than over 770,000 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: July 23 at 7:00 GMT: Confirmed cases = 770,175 Active cases = 318,587 Recoveries = 435,142 Number of deaths = 16,446 Countries in alphabetical order Algeria – 24,872 Angola – 812 Benin – 1,690 Botswana – 522 Burkina Faso – 1,066 Burundi – 328 Cameroon – 16,522 Cape Verde – 2,154 Central African Republic – 4,574 Chad – 889 Comoros – 337 Congo-Brazzaville – 2,851 DR Congo – 8,626 Djibouti – 5,030 Egypt – 89,745 Equatorial Guinea – 3,071 Eritrea – 251 Eswatini – 1,938 Ethiopia – 11,524 Gabon – 6,588 (The) Gambia – 146 Ghana – 29,672 Guinea – 6,747 Guinea-Bissau – 1,954 Ivory Coast – 14,733 Kenya – 14,805 Lesotho – 359 Liberia – 1,114 Libya – 2,176 Madagascar – 8,162 Malawi – 3,302 Mali – 2,494 Mauritania – 6,027 Mauritius – 343 Morocco – 17,962 Mozambique – 1,557 Namibia – 1,402 Niger – 1,122 Nigeria- 38,344 Rwanda – 1,689 Sao Tome and Principe – 747 Senegal – 9,121 Seychelles – 108 Sierra Leone – 1,731 Somalia – 3,161 South Africa – 394,948 South Sudan – 2,211 Sudan – 11,237 Tanzania – 509 Togo – 806 Tunisia – 1,394 Uganda – 1,075 Zambia – 3,583 Zimbabwe – 2,034 SUGGESTED READING: rolling coverage of the coronavirus outbreak in Africa II

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