COVID-19 - See List Of African Countries And Their Total Number Of Confirmed Cases

COVID-19 cases in Africa

The deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has circulated the African continent, with 52 infected countries recorded so far, South Africa leading the chart with 3,953 confirmed cases and only two countries free from the ravaging virus.

According to the latest data reported by the Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19, there are now more than 27,500 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the continent, with a number of countries implementing several measures to curb the spread of the pandemic.

As 7:00am on April 24, a lot of Africa countries recorded increases in the number of confirmed cases, taking the total number across the African nations to 27,385, with 1,297 total death cases recorded.

On Thursday 23 April, the Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS), held a teleconference summit to discuss the devastating effects of COVID-19 on humans and the economics of the member-states.

At the end of the summit, Nigeria President, Buhari was appointed to lead the response towards the fight against the ravaging coronavirus in the continent.

Major African COVID-19 statistics: April 24 at 7:00 GMT:

Total confirmed cases = 27,385

Number of Confirmed deaths = 1,297

Recoveries/Discharged = 8,172

Infected countries = 52

Virus-free countries = 2 (Lesotho, Comoros)

Affected countries according to the highest number of confirmed cases recorded:

1. South Africa – 3,953
2. Egypt – 3,891
3. Morocco – 3,568
4. Algeria – 3,007
5. Cameroon – 1,334
6. Ghana – 1,154
7. Ivory Coast – 1,004
8. Djibouti – 986
9. Nigeria- 981
10. Tunisia – 918
11. Guinea – 862
12. Niger – 671
13. Burkina Faso – 616
14. Senegal – 479
15. DR Congo – 394
16. Mauritius – 331
17. Kenya – 330
18. Somalia – 328
19. Mali – 309
20. Tanzania – 284
21. Congo-Brazzaville – 186
22. Sudan – 174
23. Gabon – 167
24. Rwanda – 154
25. Madagascar – 121
26. Ethiopia – 116
27. Liberia – 101
28. Togo – 88
29. Equatorial Guinea – 84
30. Cape Verde – 82
31. Zambia – 76
32. Uganda – 74
33. Sierra Leone – 64
34. Libya – 60
35. Benin – 54
36. Guinea-Bissau – 50
37. Mozambique – 46
38. Eritrea – 39
39. Chad – 33
40. Malawi – 33
41. Eswatini – 31
42. Zimbabwe – 29
43. Angola – 25
44. Botswana – 22
45. Central African Republic – 16
46. Namibia – 16
47. Seychelles – 11
48. Burundi – 11
49. Gambia – 10
50. Mauritania – 7
51. South Sudan – 5
52. Sao Tome and Principe – 4
53. Comoros – 0
54. Lesotho – 0

From the above statistics reported by the Africa Centre for Disease Control (Africa CDC), Lesotho and Comoros have recorded zero number of COVID-19 as at the time of compilation of this report.