Coronavirus claims 1414 lives in the US as active cases in Nigeria drops to 15, 528

Last updated: 2021/03/12 at 1:02 AM

starconnect Published 12 March 2021

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TOP NEW CASES

USA: 54, 828

France: 28, 157

Italy: 25, 649

India: 22, 654

Turkey: 14,046

Admin l Friday, March 12, 2021

IKEJA, Lagos – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 287 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing all time cases to 159,933. But out of the 159,933 confirmed cases,142,404 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2,001 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 15, 528 active cases of Coronavirus, while 8 patients died in the last 24 hours.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Lagos-107, Kwara-26, Akwa Ibom-23, Bauchi-22, Ogun-21, Rivers-19, Kaduna-14, FCT-11, Abia-8, Edo-8, Ekiti-6, Kano-5, Gombe-4, Osun-4, Oyo-3, Plateau-3, Nasarawa-2 and Delta-1, making a total of 287 new cases.

“NCDC@NCDCgov 287 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-107, Kwara-26, Akwa Ibom-23, Bauchi-22, Ogun-21, Rivers-19, Kaduna-14, FCT-11, Abia-8, Edo-8, Ekiti-6, Kano-5, Gombe-4, Osun-4, Oyo-3, Plateau-3, Nasarawa-2 and Delta-1 ; 159,933 confirmed ;142,404 discharged ;2,001 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

Confirmed cases of the Coronavirus pandemic worldwide now stands at 118, 357,116 while 2, 625, 396 patients have been killed by the virus, 67, 007,048 others have recovered and therefore discharged. The world is now left with 48, 724, 672 active cases of Coronavirus based on the latest statistics from the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.

According to the centre, the United States remains the most afflicted country with 29, 200, 016 all time cases, while 530,423 lives have been lost to the pandemic(54, 828 new and 1414 deaths*), followed by India which has reported 11, 285, 561 confirmed cases, 158, 189 deaths, while 10, 938, 146 patients have survived the pandemic, leaving India with 189, 226 active cases of Coronavirus(22, 654 new and 126 deaths*) and Brazil which has documented 11, 202,305 confirmations, 270, 656 patients are no more, while 9, 921, 994 others are now hale and hearty, leaving Brazil with 1,009, 655 active cases of Coronavirus(107 deaths*).

Russia remains the 4^th country worst hit, reporting 4, 311, 893 confirmed cases, 89, 224 deaths and 3, 914, 866 recoveries, leaving Russia with 307, 803 active cases of Coronavirus(9167 new and 455 deaths*), followed by the United Kingdom which has reported 4, 254, 700 all time infections, 125, 403 deaths and 11, 932 recoveries, leaving the UK with 4, 117, 365 active cases of Coronavirus(6841 new and 181 deaths*) and France which has reported 4, 050, 543 registered cases, 89, 984 patients are no more, while 277, 225 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving France with 3, 683, 334 active cases of Coronavirus(28, 157 new and 277 deaths*).

Spain remains the 7^th country worst hit by the pandemic with 3, 183, 471 confirmed cases, 72, 085 lives have been lost to the pandemic, while 150, 376 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving Spain with 2, 961, 010 active cases of Coronavirus(5029 new and 124 deaths*) and Italy which has documented 3, 149, 017 confirmed cases, 101, 184 patients have passed on, while 2, 550, 483 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving Italy with 497, 350 active cases of Coronavirus(25, 649 new and 373 deaths*) and Turkey which has registered 2, 835, 989 confirmations, 29, 290 patients are no more, while 2, 659, 093 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving Turkey with 147, 606 active cases of Coronavirus(14,046 new and 63 deaths*).

Germany remains the 10^th country worst hit with 2, 546, 510 all time infections, 72, 968 patients are already dead, while 2, 341,635 others have been treated and discharged, leaving Germany with 131, 907 active cases of Coronavirus and South Africa still the 16^th country worst hit, now reporting 1, 525, 648 confirmed cases, 51, 110 patients have lost their lives, while 1, 447,503 others have survived, leaving South Africa with 27, 035 active cases.

NB: * New cases reported in the last 24 hours