While most cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus have been reported in the U.S. , Europe, and China, the virus is spreading rapidly across the African continent.
The confirmed worldwide cases for the virus have surpassed 10 million with the current figure being at 10,421,615.
The increase in new reported cases around the world has led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the coronavirus a global pandemic.
The death toll has risen globally to a whopping 508,421.
The U.S. leads with 128,783 deaths. Brazil is second with 58,385. The U.K is third with 43,575. Italy is fourth with 34,744, and France is fifth with 29,813.
China, where the virus originated from, maintains that the country’s death toll is at 4,634.
The figure of the global recoveries stands at 5,679,527.
The African continent has 396,314 cases of Covid-19, while the death toll stands at 9,914. The continent has made 189,722 recoveries.
Here are the numbers in Africa:
| Country | Confirmed Cases | Confirmed Deaths | Confirmed Recoveries |
| Algeria | 13,571 | 905 | 9,674 |
| Angola | 140 | 6 | 61 |
| Benin | 270 | 7 | 228 |
| Botswana | 60 | 1 | 24 |
| Burkina Faso | 894 | 53 | 804 |
| Burundi | 85 | 1 | 45 |
| Cameroon | 12,592 | 313 | 10,100 |
| Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) | 750 | 6 | 301 |
| Central African Republic (CAR) | 2,222 | 7 | 369 |
| Chad | 850 | 73 | 720 |
| Comoros | 176 | 2 | 114 |
| Congo | 728 | 24 | 221 |
| Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 9,214 | 66 | 3,996 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) | 6,939 | 167 | 1,050 |
| Djibouti | 4,465 | 43 | 2,950 |
| Egypt | 66,754 | 2,872 | 17,951 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1,306 | 12 | 200 |
| Eritrea | 96 | 39 | |
| Eswatini (formerly Swaziland) | 490 | 4 | 249 |
| Ethiopia | 3,345 | 57 | 545 |
| Gabon | 3,463 | 23 | 1,024 |
| Gambia | 28 | 1 | 24 |
| Ghana | 17,351 | 112 | 12,994 |
| Guinea | 4,532 | 25 | 3,234 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1,460 | 15 | 153 |
| Kenya | 3,594 | 103 | 1,253 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 2 | |
| Liberia | 458 | 32 | 219 |
| Libya | 454 | 10 | 63 |
| Madagascar | 1,290 | 10 | 384 |
| Malawi | 547 | 6 | 69 |
| Mali | 1,809 | 104 | 1,088 |
| Mauritania | 1,783 | 87 | 332 |
| Mauritius | 337 | 10 | 325 |
| Mayotte | 2,298 | 19 | 1,790 |
| Morocco | 12,290 | 225 | 8,833 |
| Mozambique | 583 | 3 | 151 |
| Namibia | 32 | 17 | |
| Niger | 980 | 66 | 885 |
| Nigeria | 25,133 | 573 | 9,402 |
| Reunion | 495 | 1 | 460 |
| Rwanda | 582 | 2 | 332 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 661 | 12 | 177 |
| Senegal | 5,173 | 64 | 3,424 |
| Seychelles | 11 | 11 | |
| Sierra Leone | 1,169 | 51 | 680 |
| Somalia | 2,618 | 88 | 577 |
| South Africa | 144,264 | 2,529 | 70,614 |
| South Sudan | 1,693 | 27 | 49 |
| Sudan | 9,257 | 572 | 4,014 |
| Tanzania | 509 | 21 | 183 |
| Togo | 531 | 13 | 299 |
| Tunisia | 1,096 | 49 | 998 |
| Uganda | 705 | 299 | |
| Western Sahara | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| Zambia | 1,358 | 11 | 1,122 |
| Zimbabwe | 383 | 4 | 54 |
Note: The numbers will be updated as new information is available.