NEW CASES
- India: 97, 894
- US: 42,498
- Brazil: 36, 820
- Spain: 11, 291
- Argentina: 11, 674
- France: 10, 230
Admin l Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday confirmed 132 new cases of Coronavirus bringing all time cases in Nigeria to 56,735.
Out of the 56,735 confirmed cases, 48,092 patients have been discharged while 1,093 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 7, 550 active cases of Coronavirus.
Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Lagos-45, Kaduna-17, Plateau-17, Abuj-16, Delta-6, Niger-6, Kwara-5, Oyo-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Cross River-2, Ekiti-2, Enugu-2, Osun-2, Sokoto-2, Bauchi-1, Ebonyi-1, Katsina-1 and Rivers-1, making a total of 131 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
“NCDC@NCDCgov131 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-45, Kaduna-17, Plateau-17, FCT-16, Delta-6, Niger-6, Kwara-5, Oyo-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Cross River-2, Ekiti-2, Enugu-2, Osun-2, Sokoto-2, Bauchi-1, Ebonyi-1, Katsina-1 and Rivers-1; 56,735 confirmed 48,092 discharged 1,093 deaths”, the NCDC said in a statement.
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On the global scene, the daily increment is yet to abate with current confirmed cases now standing at 30,003,378 all time cases, 943, 203 deaths, while 20, 398, 381 others have been able to recover from the ailment, the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland said in its latest statistics.
According to the University, the United States of America remains in the lead though India is almost catching up with it. As the table stands, the US currently has 6, 664, 021 confirmed cases, 197, 554 deaths, while 2, 525, 573 others have conquered the pandemic, leaving the United States with 3, 940, 894 patients to manage out of the pandemic(42,498 new cases), followed by India with 5, 118, 253 all time cases, 83, 198 lives have been lost to the pandemic, while 4, 025, 079 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving India with 1,009, 976 active cases of the virus(97, 894 new cases), followed by Brazil which has confirmed 4, 419,083 cases of the virus, 134, 106 patients have died, while 3, 853, 829 patients have been discharged, leaving Brazil with 431, 148 patients in need of medical attention to get back on their feet(36, 820 new cases).
Russia, which is the 4th country most affected by the pandemic has reported 1,081,152 cases over time, 15,772 others have been killed by the virus, while 893,145 others have been able to defeat the virus, leaving Russia with 172, 235 people to manage for Coronavirus, followed by Peru with 744, 400 all time cases, 31,051 lives snatched by the pandemic, while 587, 717 others have been discharged, leaving Peru with 125, 632 active cases of the virus(6, 380 new cases) and Colombia which has confirmed 736, 377 cases, 23, 478 deaths and 610, 078 recoveries, leaving Colombia with 102, 821 patients hoping for the best to get back on their feet(7, 787 new cases).
Mexico has been pushed to the 7th nation most afflicted with 680,931 confirmed cases, 71, 978 patients are no more, while 572, 620 others have recovered, leaving Mexico with 36, 333 patients to assist to recovery(4, 444 new cases) followed by South Africa which has confirmed 655, 572 cases, 15, 772 lives have been lost, while 585, 303 patients have overcome the ailment, leaving South Africa with 54, 497 cases of Coronavirus to contend with(2, 128 new cases) and Spain, which has reported 625,651 all time cases of the virus, 30, 405 deaths, while over 150, 376 others have been discharged, leaving Spain with 444, 870 patients hoping for the best to get back on their feet(11, 291 new cases).
Argentina, now the 10th country worst hit by the pandemic has documented 589, 012 cases over time, 12, 229 lives have been lost to the pandemic, while 456, 347 others have been able to conquer the virus, leaving Argentina with 130, 436 active cases of Coronavirus(11, 674 new cases), followed by France, which has reported 454,099 all time cases, 31, 103 patients could not make it alive, while 91, 765 others have been discharged, leaving France with 331,231 patients in need of medical attention to get out of their present predicament(10, 230 new cases) and Chile which has confirmed 441, 150 cases of the pandemic, 12, 142 patients have passed on, while 413,928 others have been able to survive the pandemic, leaving Chile with 15, 080 active cases of Coronavirus(1, 863 new cases).
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Iran, now the 13th country worst affected by the pandemic has confirmed 413, 149 all time cases, 23, 808 deaths and 353, 848 recoveries, leaving Iran with 35, 493 patients to manage for the virus, followed by the United Kingdom, which has suffered the highest casualty in Europe. The United Kingdom has reported 384, 075 confirmed cases, 41, 794 deaths, while only 2, 194 people have been able to survive the virus leaving the U.K with 340, 087 active cases of Coronavirus(3, 408 new cases) and Italy, now the 20th country most affected by the pandemic with 293, 025 confirmed cases over time, 35, 658 patients have given up the ghost, while 215,954 others are now hale and hearty, leaving Italy with 41, 413 patients to treat for Coronavirus(1,583 new cases).
China which has been pushed to the 40th nation most hit by the pandemic has reported 90, 262 all time cases, 4, 736 patients have died while 85, 174 others have been able to overcome the pandemic, leaving China with only 352 active cases of Coronavirus.
