Africa's COVID-19 toll rises above 99,000

Africa has now recorded more than 99,000 cases of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in 53 countries in the continent.

According to previous report by MyNigeria.com, Lesotho became the country in the continent to record cases of the respiratory virus after announcing the country's index case on 13th of May.

According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Center for Disease Control on COVID-19 in Africa, there are now a total of at least 99,977.

The data also revealed that there are now 3,095 deaths and recoveries of at least 39,336 across the continent.

As of 7:00am May 22, there were a total of 57,546 active cases still left in Africa.

Countries in alphabetical order

Algeria – 7,728

Angola – 58

Benin – 135

Botswana – 29

Burkina Faso – 812

Burundi – 42

Cameroon – 4,288

Cape Verde – 356

Central African Republic – 436

Chad – 588

Congo-Brazzaville – 469

DR Congo – 1,835

Djibouti – 2,047

Egypt – 15,003

Equatorial Guinea – 903

Eritrea – 39

Eswatini – 220

Ethiopia – 399

Gabon – 1,567

(The) Gambia – 24

Ghana – 6,486

Guinea – 3,067

Guinea-Bissau – 1,109

Ivory Coast – 2,301

Kenya – 1,109

Lesotho – 1

Liberia – 240

Libya – 71

Madagascar – 405

Malawi – 72

Mali – 947

Mauritania – 173

Mauritius – 332

Morocco – 7,211

Mozambique – 162

Namibia – 18

Niger – 924

Nigeria- 7,016

Rwanda – 320

Sao Tome and Principe – 251

Senegal – 2,812

Seychelles – 11

Sierra Leone – 585

Somalia – 1,594

South Africa – 19,137

South Sudan – 481

Sudan – 3,138

Tanzania – 509

Togo – 354

Tunisia – 1,046

Uganda – 160

Zambia – 866

Zimbabwe – 51