There are now more than 3,200 confirmed cases of coronavirus across Africa. Data also shows that 134 people have died of the virus on the continent.

This is according to the latest data by the Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa.

The breakdown shows only 8 African countries are virus free. Forty-six countries within the continent are battling with the pandemic.

Major statistics as at March 29 are as follows:

Confirmed cases = 4,282
Number of deaths = 134
Recoveries = 302
Infected countries = 46
Virus-free countries = 8

North Africa

  • Algeria – 454
  • Egypt – 576
  • Libya – 3
  • Morocco – 402
  • Tunisia – 278

Virus-free = None

West Africa

  • Benin – 6
  • Burkina Faso – 207
  • Cape Verde – 5
  • The Gambia – 3
  • Ghana – 132
  • Guinea – 8
  • Guinea-Bissau – 2
  • Ivory Coast – 140
  • Liberia – 3
  • Mauritania – 3
  • Mali – 18
  • Nigeria- 111
  • Niger – 10
  • Senegal – 130
  • Togo – 28

Virus-free = Sierra Leone

Central Africa

  • Cameroon – 99
  • 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 – 8
  • Madagascar – 28
  • Mozambique – 8
  • Namibia – 6
  • South Africa – 1,170
  • Zambia – 28
  • Zimbabwe – 7

Virus-free = Malawi, Comoros, Lesotho, Botswana

East Africa / Horn of Africa

  • Djibouti – 15
  • Eritrea – 6
  • Ethiopia – 16
  • Kenya – 38
  • Mauritius – 102
  • Rwanda – 60
  • Seychelles – 8
  • Somalia – 3
  • Sudan – 5
  • Tanzania – 13
  • Uganda – 30

Virus-free = Burundi, South Sudan