Countries with 100 plus coronavirus cases: Liberia joins after Ethiopia

The numbers of confirmed cases across the continent continues to grow with each passing day. The World Health Organization Africa regional head warns that a spike likely to result in the wake of improved and increased testing.

Whiles the figures remain very low in a number of countries, quite a sizeable number has passed the 100 mark with only a handful in the 1000+ bracket – South Africa, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and recently Cameroon and Ghana.

South Africa one of Africa’s most impacted country has been praised by some analysts for their dedication to mass and intensive testing which an African Union Centers for Disease Control, CDC, official has asked that all countries need to scale up if the magnitude of infection is to be ascertained.

This article looks at a regional breakdown of countries that have passed the 100 mark and above. The basic records are referenced from the Africa CDC and the John Hopkins hospital LIVE portal, we also prioritize tallies from trusted national sources.

All figures valid as of April 22 at 06:00 GMT

North Africa

Algeria – 2,881 Egypt – 3,490 Morocco – 3,209 Tunisia – 901

West Africa

Burkina Faso – 600 Ghana – 1,042 Guinea – 688 Ivory Coast – 916 Mali – 171 Niger – 627 Nigeria- 493 Senegal – 342 Liberia – 101

Central Africa

Cameroon – 1,163 DR Congo – 350 Congo Republic – 165 Gabon – 156

East Africa

Djibouti – 945 Kenya – 296 Mauritius – 328 Rwanda – 150 Tanzania – 254 Somalia – 286 Ethiopia – 114 Sudan – 140

Southern Africa

South Africa – 3,465 Madagascar – 121 Virus-free = Comoros, Lesotho