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Coronavirus in Africa: close to 8,000 cases, 334 deaths, 702 recoveries

There are now more than over 6,700 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 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 a handful of countries holding out.

We shall keep updating this list which will be put in sub-continental blocs: East, West, Central, Southern and North Africa. All statistics are sourced from Africa CDC updates, from the John Hopkins University and from official government data.

The classifications are based on where the countries are located especially in the case of countries that belong to two different blocs, like Tanzania in East Africa, despite belonging to EAC and SADC.

Major stats 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

Virus-free = Sao Tome and Principe, Comoros, Lesotho, South Sudan

Source: africanews.com

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