There are now more than over 42,500 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 John Hopkins University and 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 Lesotho the country holding out as of May 1.

Confirmed cases = 54,083

Number of deaths = 2,073

Recoveries = 18,412

Infected countries = 53

Virus-free countries = 1 (Lesotho)

Countries in alphabetical order

Algeria – 5,128

Angola – 36

Benin – 140

Botswana – 23

Burkina Faso – 736

Burundi – 15

Cameroon – 2,267

Cape Verde – 218

Central African Republic – 94

Chad – 253

Comoros – 8

Congo-Brazzaville – 274

DR Congo – 897

Djibouti – 1,133

Egypt – 7,981

Equatorial Guinea – 439

Eritrea – 39

Eswatini – 153

Ethiopia – 191

Gabon – 504

(The) Gambia – 18

Ghana – 3,091

Guinea – 1,927

Guinea-Bissau – 564

Ivory Coast – 1,571

Kenya – 607

Lesotho – 0

Liberia – 189

Libya – 64

Madagascar – 193

Malawi – 43

Mali – 650

Mauritania – 8

Mauritius – 332

Morocco – 5,548

Mozambique – 81

Namibia – 16

Niger – 781

Nigeria- 3,526

Rwanda – 271

Sao Tome and Principe – 187

Senegal – 1,492

Seychelles – 11

Sierra Leone – 231

Somalia – 928

South Africa – 8,232

South Sudan – 74

Sudan – 930

Tanzania – 480

Togo – 135

Tunisia – 1,026

Uganda – 101

Zambia – 153

Zimbabwe – 34