Coronavirus: 437 new in Nigeria as U.S crosses 5 million cases, Brazil now over 3 million, see top 10 countries

Last updated: 2020/08/10 at 2:55 AM

starconnect Published 10 August 2020

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Active cases at a glance

U.S: 3, 221, 127
Brazil: 590, 398
India: 628, 747
U.K: 264, 442
SA: 137, 977
Spain: 135, 559
Italy: 13, 263
China: 1, 998

Admin l Monday, August 10, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 437 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, bringing cases in the country to 46, 577.

But out of the 46,577 confirmed cases, 33,186 patients have been discharged, while 945 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 12, 446 active cases of the pandemic.

Distribution of #coronavirus across states in Nigeria

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Lagos-107, Abuja-91, Plateau-81, Kaduna-32, Ogun-30, Kwara-24, Ebonyi-19, Ekiti-17, Oyo-8, Borno-6, Edo-6, Kano-4, Nasarawa-3, Osun-3, Taraba-3, Gombe-2 and Bauchi-1, making a total of 437 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

“NCDC@NCDCgov437 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-107, FCT-91, Plateau-81, Kaduna-32, Ogun-30, Kwara-24, Ebonyi-19, Ekiti-17, Oyo-8, Borno-6, Edo-6, Kano-4, Nasarawa-3, Osun-3, Taraba-3, Gombe-2 and Bauchi-1; 46,577 confirmed; 33,186 discharged; 945 deaths”, the NCDC said in a statement.

Globally, there are 19, 739, 897 confirmed cases, 728,693 deaths, while 12, 002, 267 others have recovered, the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland has reported.

According to the centre, the United States remains the most afflicted country and has crossed the five million mark. Specifically, there are now 5, 040, 904 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the U.S, 162, 913 deaths, while 1,656,864 patients have recovered, leaving the U.S with 3, 221, 127 active cases(54, 559 new cases in the last 24 hours), followed by Brazil which has just crossed the 3 million mark.

Brazil has confirmed 3, 012, 412 cases, 100, 477 deaths, while 2, 321, 537 patients have recovered, leaving Brazil with 590, 398 active cases of the virus(49, 970 new cases in 24 hours), followed by India in the 3^rd spot in the ranks of most affected countries.

India has documented 2, 153, 010 confirmed cases, 43, 379 deaths, while 1, 480,884 patients have recovered, leaving India with 628, 747 active cases of the pandemic(64, 399 new cases in the last 24 hours).

Russia is next(4^th in the rank) with 885,718 confirmed cases, 14, 903 deaths, while 692, 059 patients have recovered, leaving Russia with 178, 756 active cases of the pandemic, followed by South Africa(SA), which has reported 559, 859 confirmed cases, 10, 408 deaths, while 411, 474 patients have recovered, leaving SA with 137, 977 active cases(6,668 new cases), followed by Mexico(6^th in the ranks of most affected countries).

Mexico has presented 475, 902 cases, 52,006 deaths, while 377,125 patients have been discharged, leaving Mexico with 46, 771 active cases of the virus followed by Peru(7) with 471, 012 confirmed cases, 20, 844 deaths, while 319, 171 patients have been discharged, leaving Peru with 130, 997 active cases, followed by Colombia(8) with 376, 870 confirmed cases, 12,540 deaths, while 204, 591 patients have recovered, leaving Colombia with 159, 739 active cases, followed by Chile with 373,056 confirmed cases, 10, 077 deaths, while 345, 826 patients have been discharged, leaving Chile with 17, 153 active cases of Coronavirus.

Iran(9) is next with 326, 712 cases, 18, 427 deaths, while 284, 371 others have recovered, leaving Iran with 23, 914 active cases(2,020 new cases) and Spain which has documented 314, 362 cases, 28,503 deaths, while 150, 376 patients have been able to recover, leaving Spain with 135, 559 active cases of the pandemic, followed by the United Kingdom, (11) which has documented 312, 550 confirmed cases, 46, 659 deaths, while only 1, 449 patients have been able to recover, leaving the UK with 264, 442 active cases(1,089 new cases and 8 deaths in the last 24 hours) and then Italy, now 15^th in the ranks of most affected countries.

Italy has confirmed 250, 566 cases, 35, 205 deaths while 202,098 patients have been discharged, leaving Italy with 13, 263 active cases(463 new cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours) and then China, which has been pushed to the 29^th spot in the ranks of most affected country. China has documented 88, 744 cases, 4, 685 deaths, while 82,061 people have recovered, leaving China with 1, 998 active cases of the pandemic.