There are now more than over 18,000 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.
Major African stats as of April 17 as of 7:00 GMT:
- Confirmed cases = 18,441
- Number of deaths = 966
- Recoveries = 4,344
- Infected countries = 52
- Virus-free countries = 2 (Lesotho, Comoros)
Countries in alphabetical order
- Algeria – 2,268
- Angola – 19
- Benin – 35
- Botswana – 15
- Burkina Faso – 546
- Burundi – 5
- Cameroon – 996
- Cape Verde – 56
- Central African Republic – 12
- Chad – 27
- Comoros – 0
- Congo-Brazzaville – 117
- DR Congo – 267
- Djibouti – 591
- Egypt – 2,673
- Equatorial Guinea – 51
- Eritrea – 35
- Eswatini – 16
- Ethiopia – 92
- Gabon – 95
- (The) Gambia – 9
- Ghana – 641
- Guinea – 438
- Guinea-Bissau – 43
- Ivory Coast – 688
- Kenya – 234
- Lesotho – 0
- Liberia – 59
- Libya – 49
- Madagascar – 111
- Malawi – 16
- Mali – 171
- Mauritania – 7
- Mauritius – 324
- Morocco – 2,283
- Mozambique – 31
- Namibia – 16
- Niger – 609
- Nigeria- 442
- Rwanda – 138
- Sao Tome and Principe – 4
- Senegal – 335
- Seychelles – 11
- Sierra Leone – 15
- Somalia – 80
- South Africa – 2,605
- South Sudan – 4
- Sudan – 32
- Tanzania – 94
- Togo – 81
- Tunisia – 822
- Uganda – 55
- Zambia – 48
- Zimbabwe – 24
