As of today, March1, 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 publishes the continent's stats and 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: March 1, 2021 at 07:30 GMT
3,896,496 = Total confirmed cases
323,823 = Active confirmed cases
3,468,976 = Recovered
103,697 = Confirmed deaths
Countries with over 100,000 cases
South Africa, is most impacted in Africa with over 1.5 million cases.
Total confirmed cases = 1,513,393
Active confirmed cases = 33,141
Recovered = 1,430,259
Deaths = 49,993
Algeria = 113,092
Egypt = 182,424
Ethiopia = 159,072
Kenya = 105,973
Libya = 133,338
Morocco = 483,654
Nigeria = 155,657
Tunisia = 233,277
African countries are gradually rolling out vaccination campaigns