Africanews, 23 March 2020. There are now 1198 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, of the WHO 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 sizeable number 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.
North Africa
- Algeria – 139
- Egypt – 294
- Morocco – 96
- Tunisia – 60
Virus-free = Western Sahara, Libya
West Africa
- Benin – 2
- Burkina Faso – 75
- Ghana – 19
- Guinea – 2
- Ivory Coast – 14
- Liberia – 3
- Mauritania – 2
- Nigeria- 22
- Senegal – 56
- Togo – 15
- The Gambia – 1
- Niger – 1
- Cape Verde – 3
Virus-free = Sierra Leone, Mali, Guinea-Bissau
Central Africa
- Cameroon – 27
- Central African Republic – 3
- Congo-Brazzaville – 4
- DR Congo – 23
- Equatorial Guinea – 6
- Gabon – 6
- Chad – 1
Virus-free = Sao Tome and Principe
Southern Africa
- Eswatini – 1
- Namibia – 3
- South Africa – 240
- Zambia – 3
- Zimbabwe – 2
- Madagascar – 3
- Angola – 2
- Mozambique – 1
Virus-free = Malawi, Comoros, Lesotho, Botswana
East Africa / Horn of Africa
- Ethiopia – 9
- Kenya – 7
- Rwanda – 17
- Seychelles – 6
- Somalia – 1
- Sudan – 2
- Tanzania – 6
- Djibouti – 1
- Mauritius – 7
- Eritrea - 1
- Uganda - 1
Virus-free = Burundi, South Sudan