3.8 million cases, 100K deaths: Africa's key coronavirus stats

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)