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More than two months after Egypt became the first African country to confirm a coronavirus case, the outbreak appears to have reached almost every nation on the continent of 1.2 billion people.
Of the 54 countries in Africa, only two have yet to report a case of the virus: Comoros and Lesotho.
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As of April 19, the confirmed number of deaths from coronavirus on the continent was 1,205, with fatalities, including the former president of the Republic of Congo Jacques Joachim Yhombi-Opango and former Prime Minister of Somalia Nur Hassan Hussein. There are 25,131 confirmed infections and 6,576 recoveries, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Africa.
Experts warn that fragile health systems in many African countries could be overwhelmed by a severe outbreak of COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus.
Below is an interactive map that tracks all coronavirus cases in Africa.
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