Coronavirus: 423 new in Nigeria as U.K lags in recovery see top 12

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 423 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, bringing the total cases in the country to 47, 290.

But out of the 47,290 confirmed cases, 33,609 patients have recovered, while 956 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 12, 725 active cases of the pandemic.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows Lagos-117,  Abuja-40, Ondo-35, Rivers-28, Osun-24, Benue-21 Abia-19,  Ogun-19, Ebonyi-18,  Delta-17, Kwara-17, Kaduna-15,  Anambra-14, Ekiti-11,  Kano-9,  Imo-6,  Gombe-4,  Oyo-3,  Taraba-3,  Bauchi-1,  Edo-1 and Nasarawa-1, making a total of 423 new cases of Coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC@NCDCgov423 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-117,  FCT-40, Ondo-35, Rivers-28, Osun-24, Benue-21 Abia-19,  Ogun-19, Ebonyi-18,  Delta-17, Kwara-17, Kaduna-15,  Anambra-14, Ekiti-11,  Kano-9,  Imo-6,  Gombe-4,  Oyo-3,  Taraba-3,  Bauchi-1,  Edo-1, Nasarawa-1; 47,290 confirmed 33,609; discharged; 956 deaths”, the NCDC said in a statement.

Globally, confirmed cases have crossed the 20 million mark. The Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland has reported 20, 185,153 confirmed cases,  738, 800 deaths, while 12, 450,681 others have recovered.

According to the centre, the United States remains number one in the league of most affected countries, while the United Kingdom stands out as the country with the least recovery rates among most affected countries in Europe.

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However, the United States has documented 5, 130, 784 confirmed cases, 164,603 deaths, while 1, 670, 755 others have recovered, leaving the US with 3, 295, 426 active cases( 56, 725 new cases and 1,321 deaths in the last 24 hours), followed by Brazil with 3, 057, 470 confirmations, 101, 752 deaths, while 2, 390, 830 patients have recovered, leaving Brazil with 564, 888 active cases(22, 048 new cases and 703 deaths in the last 24 hours), followed by India, 3^rd in the league, with 2, 268, 675 confirmed cases, 45, 257  deaths, while 1, 583, 489 people have recovered, leaving India with 639,929 active cases of the virus(53, 601 new cases and 871 deaths in the last 24 hours).

Russia is 4^th in the league with 895, 691 confirmed cases, 15, 103 deaths, while 701, 796 patients have been able to recover, leaving Russia with 178, 792 active cases, followed by South Africa (SA) 5^th in the rank. SA has documented  566, 109 confirmations,   10, 751 deaths, while  426, 125 patients have recovered, leaving SA with 129, 233 active cases of the pandemic(6, 250 new cases and 130 deaths in the last 24 hours),  followed by Mexico(6^th) with 485, 836 confirmed cases, 53,003 deaths, while 393, 160 patients have been discharged,  leaving Mexico with 39, 673 active cases of the pandemic, followed Peru(7^th) with 483, 133 confirmations,  21, 276 deaths, while 324,020 patients have been able to recover, leaving Peru with 137, 837 active cases of the pandemic.

Colombia, 8^th in the league has confirmed 397, 623 cases,  13, 154 deaths,  while 221,485 patients have recovered, leaving Colombia with 162, 984 active cases, followed by Chile, 9^th in the league with 376, 616 confirmations, 10, 178 deaths, while 349, 541 others have been able to recover, leaving Chile with 16, 897 active cases, followed by Iran, 10^th in the rank, with 331, 189 confirmed cases, 18, 800 deaths, while 288, 620 patients have been able to recover, leaving Iran with 23, 769 active cases of the pandemic, followed by Spain, 11^th in the league with 326, 612 confirmations, 28, 581 deaths and 150, 376 recoveries, leaving Spain with 147, 655 active cases of the pandemic.

Presently in the 12^th spot is the United Kingdom, which has documented 313, 394 confirmed cases, 46, 611 deaths, while only a fraction of 1, 464 patients have recovered, leaving the U.K with 265, 319 active cases. By the currently figure, the United Kingdom has recorded the worst rate of casualty, the highest in active cases  with the least rate of recovery in Europe, calling into question the management technique of government in the United Kingdom.

Italy, 17^th in the league has documented 251, 237 cases, 35, 215 deaths, while 202, 461 healthy patients have been discharged, leaving Italy with 13, 561 active cases(412 new cases and 6 deaths in the last 24 hours) and France, 19^th in the rank has reported 239, 355 confirmations,  30, 327 deaths, while only 82, 971 patients have been discharged, leaving France with 126, 057 active cases of the pandemic(49 new cases) and then China which has been pushed to the 30^th most affected country in the world.

China has reported 88, 939 confirmations, 4, 693 deaths, while 82, 402 patients have recovered, leaving China with 1, 844 active cases of the pandemic.