There are now more than  6,700 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Africa.

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

The breakdown shows that only Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros, Lesotho, South Sudan are virus free.

All statistics are sourced from Africa CDC updates, from the Johns Hopkins University and from official government data.

Major statistics as at April 3

Confirmed cases = 7, 933
Number of deaths = 334
Recoveries = 702
Infected countries = 50
Virus-free countries = 4

Countries in alphabetical order

  • Algeria – 1,171
  • Angola – 8
  • Benin – 16
  • Botswana – 4
  • Burkina Faso – 302
  • Burundi – 3
  • Cameroon – 509
  • Cape Verde – 6
  • Central African Republic – 8
  • Chad – 8
  • Congo-Brazzaville – 41
  • DR Congo – 148
  • Djibouti – 49
  • Egypt – 985
  • Equatorial Guinea – 16
  • Eritrea – 22
  • Ethiopia – 35
  • Eswatini – 9
  • Gabon – 21
  • (The) Gambia – 4
  • Ghana – 205
  • Guinea – 73
  • Guinea-Bissau – 15
  • Ivory Coast – 218
  • Kenya – 122
  • Liberia – 7
  • Libya – 17
  • Madagascar – 70
  • Malawi – 3
  • Mali – 39
  • Mauritania – 6
  • Mauritius – 186
  • Morocco – 791
  • Mozambique – 10
  • Namibia – 14
  • Niger – 120
  • Nigeria- 210
  • Rwanda – 89
  • Senegal – 207
  • Seychelles – 10
  • Sierra Leone – 2
  • Somalia – 7
  • South Africa – 1,505
  • Sudan – 10
  • Tanzania – 20
  • Togo – 40
  • Tunisia – 495
  • Uganda – 48
  • Zambia – 39
  • Zimbabwe – 9