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Africa's coronavirus stats, countries with over 100K cases

African Map Coronavirusz Africa has weathered fears of a projected virus rampage

Fri, 12 Feb 2021 Source: www.ghanaweb.com

As of today, February 12, 2021; Africa has recorded over 3.7 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 will publish 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 12, 2021 at 07:30 GMT

Total confirmed cases = 3,718,013

Active confirmed cases = 364,821

Recovered = 3,255,927

Confirmed deaths = 97,265

Countries with over 100,000 cases

South Africa, is most impacted in Africa with close to 1.5 million cases.

Total confirmed cases = 1,484,900

Active confirmed cases = 59,538

Recovered = 1,377,980

Deaths = 47,382

Algeria = 110,049

Egypt = 171,993

Ethiopia = 144,862

Kenya = 102,353

Libya = 126,361

Morocco = 477,160

Nigeria = 143,516

Tunisia = 220,478

Source: www.ghanaweb.com