Disclaimer: The data collected here are from sources external to COVID-19 Africa Watch and the Milken Institute. These sources may, at times, include errors or suffer from various limitations in terms of collection and standardization. National updates are published at different times of day and in different time zones, and so there may be discrepancies between official numbers posted elsewhere and the data available here. In general, we urge our readers to use appropriate caution when interpreting the data here and to be aware of the data’s limitations.
Hover over the map below to see the latest case numbers for each country. The darker the blue the higher the number of cases per million of population. Updated regularly with data from the EU Open Data Portal.
On March 24, 2020, South Africa passed Egypt to become the African country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases. It has not given up this spot since.
Here are the latest numbers.
Here is a timeline of how quickly the virus has spread in the hardest hit countries.
As shown in this scatter plot, greater health spending per capita does not seem to translate into better outcomes for COVID-19 cases.
