As of today, February 19, 2021; Africa has recorded over 3.8 million confirmed cases of coronavirus. A number of countries are gradually lifting restrictions imposed to curtail spread of the virus.
According to the latest data by the John Hopkins University and Africa Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, the virus statistics remain fluid as countries work to stem spike in cases or avoid new waves of infection.
Africa's first case was recorded on February 14 in Egypt with the last to be infected being Lesotho. A year on, vaccines are the main issue as countries work to vaccinate the populace.
GhanaWeb puts together the continent's stats and daily figures as pertains to countries that have passed the 100,000 threshold.
Statistics are largely sourced from the John Hopkins University tallies, Africa CDC and from official government data.
Major African stats: Feb 18, 2021 at 07:00 GMT
Total confirmed cases = 3,799,304
Active confirmed cases = 351,605
Recovered = 3,347,374
Confirmed deaths = 100,325
Countries with over 100,000 cases
Algeria = 111,418
Egypt = 176,333
Ethiopia = 150,179
Kenya = 103,615
Libya = 128,740
Morocco = 480,056
Nigeria = 150,246
Tunisia = 226,015
South Africa =
South Africa, is most impacted in Africa with close to 1.5 million cases. Below are detailed stats of the country.
Total confirmed cases = 1,498,766
Active confirmed cases = 46,844
Recovered = 1,403,214
Deaths = 48,708
African countries that have so far received and / or started vaccination
Equatorial Guinea - Sinopharm vaccines (China)
Senegal - Sinopharm
Guinea - Sputnik V (Russian)
Morocco - AstraZeneca
Egypt - Sinopharm and AstraZeneca
South Africa - Johnson and Johnson
Zimbabwe - Sinopharm
Mauritius - AstraZeneca
Seychelles - Sinopharm
Rwanda - Moderna (United States)
Algeria - Sputnik V (Russian)
Only about a dozen African countries have started vaccination