Total confirmed cases from the Coronavirus pandemic in Africa has risen to 14,497 with 2,823 total recoveries and 788 confirmed deaths.
South Africa leads in numbers of positive cases standing at 2,173 with 410 recoveries and 25 deaths. This could be attributed to a better testing capacity and a more robust information gathering and dissemination strategy. Algeria leads with the highest number of deaths in Africa at 293 with 591 recoveries and 1,914 positives COVID-19 infection cases.
Statistics Updated April 12, 2020 at 0745 Hrs SAST
Algeria |
ConfirmedCases1,914 |
ActiveCases1,030 |
RecoveredCases591 |
ConfirmedDeaths293 |
Angola |
19 |
13 |
4 |
2 |
Benin |
35 |
29 |
5 |
1 |
Botswana |
13 |
12 |
0 |
1 |
Burkina Faso |
497 |
309 |
161 |
27 |
Burundi |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
Cameroon |
820 |
710 |
98 |
12 |
Cape Verde |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
Central African Republic |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Chad |
18 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
Comoros |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Congo-Brazzaville |
60 |
50 |
5 |
5 |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
234 |
198 |
16 |
20 |
Djibouti |
214 |
176 |
36 |
2 |
Egypt |
2,065 |
1,317 |
589 |
159 |
Equatorial Guinea |
21 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
Eritrea |
34 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
Eswatini |
14 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
Ethiopia |
71 |
58 |
10 |
3 |
Gabon |
49 |
47 |
1 |
1 |
Gambia |
9 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
Ghana |
566 |
554 |
4 |
8 |
Guinea |
250 |
233 |
17 |
0 |
Guinea-Bissau |
38 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
Ivory Coast |
574 |
484 |
85 |
5 |
Kenya |
197 |
164 |
25 |
8 |
Lesotho |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Liberia |
50 |
42 |
3 |
5 |
Libya |
25 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
Madagascar |
106 |
86 |
20 |
0 |
Malawi |
13 |
11 |
0 |
2 |
Mali |
105 |
74 |
22 |
9 |
Mauritania |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
Mauritius |
324 |
273 |
42 |
9 |
Morocco |
1,661 |
1,366 |
177 |
118 |
Mozambique |
21 |
19 |
2 |
0 |
Namibia |
16 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
Niger |
529 |
442 |
75 |
12 |
Nigeria |
323 |
228 |
85 |
10 |
Rwanda |
126 |
101 |
25 |
0 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Senegal |
280 |
107 |
171 |
2 |
Seychelles |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
Sierra Leone |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
Somalia |
25 |
22 |
2 |
1 |
South Africa |
2,173 |
1,738 |
410 |
25 |
South Sudan |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
Sudan |
19 |
15 |
2 |
2 |
Tanzania |
32 |
24 |
5 |
3 |
Togo |
76 |
44 |
29 |
3 |
Tunisia |
707 |
633 |
43 |
31 |
Uganda |
54 |
50 |
4 |
0 |
Western Sahara |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
Zambia |
43 |
11 |
30 |
2 |
Zimbabwe |
14 |
11 |
0 |
3 |