Coronavirus claims 8025 lives in the US 2216 in Brazil in 1 day as Nigeria list 205 cases

Last updated: 2021/03/14 at 12:20 AM

starconnect Published 14 March 2021

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TOP NEW CASES

USA: 61, 565

France: 54, 844

Brazil: 54, 534

Italy: 26, 031

India: 24, 550

Turkey: 15, 082

Admin l Sunday, March 14, 2021

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 205 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, bringing all time cases to 160,537. But out of the 160,537 confirmed cases, 144,714 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2,013 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 13,810 active cases of Coronavirus while 4 patients died in the last 24 hours.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Ondo-33, Lagos-25, FCT-22, Bauchi-21, Akwa Ibom-15, Kaduna-14, Katsina-13, Ogun-13, Rivers-11, Edo-8, Ekiti-4, Imo-4, Kano-3, Nasarawa-2 and Niger-2, making a total of 205 new cases of Coronavirus.

“NCDC@NCDCgov 205 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Ondo-33, Lagos-25, FCT-22, Bauchi-21, Akwa Ibom-15, Kaduna-14, Katsina-13, Ogun-13, Rivers-11, Edo-8, Ekiti-4, Imo-4, Kano-3, Nasarawa-2 and Niger-2 ;160,537 confirmed; 144,714 discharged; 2,013 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

Total confirmed cases of Coronavirus has hit 119, 358,400 cases, 2, 644,428 lives have been lost to the pandemic, while 67, 587, 151 others have recovered and therefore discharged. The world is now left with 49, 126, 821 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, reporting 29, 387,747 all time cases, while 539, 937 patients have lost their lives to the virus(61, 565 new and 8025 deaths*), followed by Brazil which has reported 11, 363, 380 all time cases, while 275, 105 patients have passed on, while 10, 070, 141 others have survived the virus, leaving Brazil with 1, 018, 134 active cases of Coronavirus(54, 534 new and 2216 deaths*) and India which has documented 11, 333, 728 confirmed cases, 158, 446 patients are no more, while 10, 973, 260 others have survived, leaving India with 202, 022 active cases of Coronavirus(24, 550 new and 140 deaths*).

Russia remains the 4^th country worst hit, reporting 4, 331,396 confirmations, 90, 169 patients have passed on while 3, 940, 744 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving Russia with 300, 483 active cases of Coronavirus(9808 new and 468 deaths*), followed by the United Kingdom which has confirmed 4, 266, 935 all time cases, 125, 701 patients have lost their lives, while 11, 949 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving the UK with 4, 129, 285 active cases of Coronavirus(5542 new and 123 deaths*) and France which has reported 4, 105, 524 confirmed cases, 90, 376 patients are no more while 279, 407 others have recovered, leaving France with 3, 735, 741 active cases of Coronavirus(54, 844 new and 392 deaths*).

Italy has come up as the 7^th country most affected with 3,201,838 confirmed cases, 101, 881 patients have lost their lives, while 2, 579, 896 others are now hale and hearty, leaving Italy with 520, 061 active cases of Coronavirus(26, 031 new and 317 deaths*), followed by Spain which has reported 3, 183,704 all time infections, 72, 258 deaths and 150, 376 recoveries, leaving Spain with 2, 961, 070 active cases of Coronavirus, followed by Turkey which has registered 2, 866, 012 confirmed cases, 29, 421 patients have kicked the bucket, while 2, 685,560 others have survived the ravaging pandemic, leaving Turkey with 151, 031 active cases of Coronavirus(15, 082 new and 65 deaths*).

Germany remains the 10^th country worst hit, reporting 2, 569, 864 confirmations, 73, 369 lives have been taken by the virus, while 2, 357, 374 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Germany with 139, 121 active cases of Coronavirus(10, 750 new and 165 deaths*) and South Africa still 16^th country worst hit, reporting 1, 526,873 confirmations, 51, 261 deaths, while 1, 452,988 others have been treated and discharged, leaving South Africa with 22, 624 active cases of Coronavirus(151 deaths*).

NB: *New cases reported in the last 24 hours