Coronavirus: Nigeria 120 new and 7401 active as UK records 35, 564 cases in 1 day

Last updated: 2020/10/06 at 2:23 AM

starconnect Published 6 October 2020

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NEW CASES

India: 74, 442
US: 36, 934
France: 34, 516
Spain: 23, 481
Russia: 10, 757
Brazil: 8, 456

Admin l Tuesday, October 06, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 120 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing all time cases to 59,465.

But out of the 59,465 confirmed cases 50,951 patients have been discharged, while 1,113 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 7, 401 active cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, #coronavirusngr.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Rivers-65, Abuja-12, Ogun-9, Katsina-8, Anambra-7, Bauchi-5, Oyo-5, Nasarawa-3, Kaduna-2, Kwara-1, Taraba-1, Imo-1 and Delta-1, making a total of 120 new cases of Coronavirus, #coronavirusngr.

“NCDC@NCDCgov120 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Rivers-65, FCT-12, Ogun-9, Katsina-8, Anambra-7, Bauchi-5, Oyo-5, Nasarawa-3, Kaduna-2, Kwara-1, Taraba-1, Imo-1 and Delta-1; 59,465 confirmed 50,951 discharged 1,113 deaths”, the NCDC said in a statement.

Table shows the distribution of #Coronavirusngr across states in Nigeria — #coronavirusngr

The Coronavirus pandemic is however not showing any sign of slowing down as current cases worldwide surpass the 35 million mark.

According to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, there are now 35, 339, 125 confirmed cases, 1,039,120 deaths, while 24, 571,309 others have recovered.

The United States still leads the pack with India gradually closing in. The United States had recorded 7, 449, 845 cases, 210,079 patients are already dead, while 2, 911,789 people have recovered, leaving the U.S with 4, 327, 977 active cases of Coronavirus(36, 934 new cases), followed by India with 6,623,815 all time cases, 102, 685 deaths and 5, 586, 703 recoveries, leaving India with 934, 427 patients to assist to get back on their feet(74, 442 new cases) and Brazil which has reported 4, 915,289 confirmed cases, 146, 352 patients have passed on while 4, 375, 354 others have survived the virus, leaving Brazil with 393, 583 active cases of the pandemic(8, 456 new cases).

Russia has remained as the 4^th country most hit, reporting 1, 219, 796 all time cases, 21, 375 patients are now more while 978,610 others have overcome the ailment, leaving Russia with 219, 811 patients in need of urgent medical attention to stay alive(10, 757 new cases), followed by Colombia which has confirmed 855, 052 cases, 26, 712 patients have lost their lives, while 761, 674 others are now well and in good health, leaving Peru with 66,666 active cases(6, 905 new cases), and Peru, which has documented 828, 169 cases, 32, 742 others are no more, while 706, 223 others have been able to overcome the virus, leaving Peru with 89, 203 active cases of Coronavirus(6, 605 new cases).

Spain, now the 7^th country worst hit by Coronavirus has documented 813, 412 confirmed cases, 32, 225 deaths and 150, 376 recoveries, leaving Spain with 630, 811 patients to treat for the virus(23, 481 new cases), followed by Argentina which has documented 798, 486 cases since the first case was reported, 21, 018 deaths, while 636, 672 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Argentina with 320, 796 patients needing medical attention to keep living(7, 668 new cases) and Mexico with 761, 665 cases confirmed over time, 79,088 patients have lost their lives, while 645, 123 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Mexico with 37, 454 active cases of Coronavirus(3, 712 new cases).

South Africa comes next as the 10^th country worst hit with 682, 215 cases, 17,016 deaths and 615, 684 recoveries, leaving South Africa with 49, 515 patients still sick but hoping for the best medical care to get back on their feet(2, 499 new cases), followed by France with 664, 025 all time cases, 32, 316 patients have kicked the bucket, while 100, 659 others have been able to overcome the virus, leaving France with 531, 050 cases of Coronavirus to attend to(34, 516 new cases) and the United Kingdom, which has suffered the highest casualty in Europe.

The United Kingdom has confirmed 518,222 cases, 42, 459 deaths, while only 2, 407 patients have been able to recover since the first case was reported, leaving the U.K with 473, 356 live cases hoping for the best of medical care to keep living(35, 564 new cases).

Iran comes in as the 13^th country most affected, reporting 475, 674 all time cases, 27, 192 patients have died, while 392,293 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Iran with 56, 189 active cases of Coronavirus(3, 902 new cases), followed by Chile with 471, 746 all time cases, 13,037 lives have been lost while 443,453 patients have regained their health, leaving Chile with 15, 256 patients looking up to the government for the best treatment to keep living(1, 567 new cases) and Italy, now the 18^th country most affected with 327, 586 cases of Coronavirus, 36,002 patients are already dead, while 232,681 others have been discharged, leaving Italy with 58, 903 active cases of Coronavirus(2, 257 new cases).

China where the first case of Coronavirus was reported has been pushed to the 44^th country worst hit with 90, 640 cases, 4, 739 deaths and 85, 533 recoveries, leaving China with 368 active cases of Coronavirus.