There are now more
than over 19,000 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.
The whole of Africa
has rising cases with only two countries holding out as of April 18.
Major African stats as
of April 18 as of 5:00 GMT:
Confirmed cases =
19,827
Number of deaths =
1,020
Recoveries = 4,619
Infected countries =
52
Virus-free countries =
2 (Lesotho, Comoros)
Countries in
alphabetical order
Algeria – 2,418
Angola – 19
Benin – 35
Botswana – 15
Burkina Faso – 557
Burundi – 5
Cameroon – 1,017
Cape Verde – 56
Central African
Republic – 12
Chad – 27
Comoros – 0
Congo-Brazzaville –
143
DR Congo – 287
Djibouti – 732
Egypt – 2,844
Equatorial Guinea – 79
Eritrea – 35
Eswatini – 17
Ethiopia – 96
Gabon – 108
(The) Gambia – 9
Ghana – 641
Guinea – 477
Guinea-Bissau – 43
Ivory Coast – 688
Kenya – 246
Lesotho – 0
Liberia – 76
Libya – 49
Madagascar – 117
Malawi – 17
Mali – 171
Mauritania – 7
Mauritius – 324
Morocco – 2,564
Mozambique – 34
Namibia – 16
Niger – 627
Nigeria- 493
Rwanda – 143
Sao Tome and Principe
– 4
Senegal – 342
Seychelles – 11
Sierra Leone – 26
Somalia – 116
South Africa – 2,783
South Sudan – 4
Sudan – 66
Tanzania – 147
Togo – 83
Tunisia – 864
Uganda – 55
Zambia – 52
Zimbabwe – 24
