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Coronavirus in Africa: 4,760 cases; 146 deaths, 335 recoveries

Village Reporter

There are now more than 4,600 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 Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, the breakdown remains fluid as countries confirm cases as and when. The whole of Africa has rising cases with a handful of countries holding out.

We shall keep updating this list which will be put in sub-continental blocs: East, West, Central, southern and North Africa. All statistics are sourced from Africa CDC updates and from official government data.

The classifications are based on where the countries are located especially in the case of countries that belong to two different blocs, like Tanzania in East Africa, despite belonging to EAC and SADC.

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Major stats as at March 30

Confirmed cases = 4,613
Number of deaths = 146
Recoveries = 335
Infected countries = 46
Virus-free countries = 8

North Africa

  • Algeria – 454
  • Egypt – 576
  • Libya – 3
  • Morocco – 450
  • Tunisia – 278

Virus-free = None

West Africa

  • Benin – 6
  • Burkina Faso – 222
  • Cape Verde – 5
  • The Gambia – 3
  • Ghana – 152
  • Guinea – 8
  • Guinea-Bissau – 2
  • Ivory Coast – 165
  • Liberia – 3
  • Mauritania – 5
  • Mali – 18
  • Nigeria- 111
  • Niger – 20
  • Senegal – 142
  • Togo – 30

Virus-free = Sierra Leone

Central Africa

  • Cameroon – 113
  • Central African Republic – 6
  • Chad – 5
  • Congo-Brazzaville – 19
  • DR Congo – 65
  • Equatorial Guinea – 13
  • Gabon – 7

Virus-free = Sao Tome and Principe

Southern Africa

  • Angola – 3
  • Eswatini – 9
  • Madagascar – 44
  • Mozambique – 8
  • Namibia – 6
  • South Africa – 1,250
  • Zambia – 29
  • Zimbabwe – 7

Virus-free = Malawi, Comoros, Lesotho, Botswana

East Africa / Horn of Africa

  • Djibouti – 15
  • Eritrea – 12
  • Ethiopia – 21
  • Kenya – 38
  • Mauritius – 102
  • Rwanda – 60
  • Seychelles – 8
  • Somalia – 3
  • Sudan – 5
  • Tanzania – 13
  • Uganda – 33

Virus-free = Burundi, South Sudan

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