Coronavirus takes over 3 million lives worldwide as Nigeria reports 60 cases

Last updated: 2021/04/18 at 1:05 AM

starconnect Published 18 April 2021

Coronavirus kills over 3 million worldwide

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TOP NEW CASES

India: 234, 692

Brazil: 85,774

Turkey: 62, 606

USA: 55, 032

France: 35, 872

Germany: 19, 572

Italy: 15, 364

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LAGOS – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed 60 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic in the country, bringing all time cases to 164,207.

But out of the 164,207 confirmed cases, 154,325 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2,061 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 7821 active cases of Coronavirus.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Lagos-22, Rivers-15, Bayelsa-7, Kaduna-5, Ogun-4, Akwa Ibom-3, Osun-2, Kano-1 and Ebonyi-1, making a total of 60 new cases of Coronavirus.

“NCDC@NCDC gov 60 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-22, Rivers-15, Bayelsa-7, Kaduna-5, Ogun-4, Akwa Ibom-3, Osun-2, Kano-1 and Ebonyi-1; 164,207 confirmed; 154,325 discharged ;2,061 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now over 140 million cases of Coronavirus worldwide just as total death toll has crossed the 3 million mark. Specifically, there are now 140, 286, 228 confirmed cases of Coronavirus worldwide, while 3, 004,312 patients have been killed by the virus, while 79, 954, 001 others have survived. There are now 57, 327, 915 active cases of Coronavirus worldwide based on the latest statistics from the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.

According to the centre, the United States of America remains the most afflicted country, reporting 31, 618, 578 confirmed cases while 566,863 patients have been killed by the virus(55, 032 new and 775 deaths*), followed by India which has documented 14, 526, 609 confirmations, 175, 649 patients are already dead, while 12, 671, 220 others have recovered, leaving India with 1, 679, 740 active cases of Coronavirus(234, 692 new and 1341 deaths*), followed by Brazil which has registered 13, 832, 455 all time cases, 368, 749 deaths and 12, 185, 185 recoveries, leaving Brazil with 1, 278, 521 active cases of Coronavirus(85,774 new and 3305 deaths*).

France has come up as the 4^th country most affected with 5, 321, 168 confirmed cases, 100, 752 patients have died, while 327, 104 others have been treated and discharged, leaving France with 4, 893, 312 active cases of Coronavirus(35, 872 new and 189 deaths*), followed by Russia which has registered 4, 640, 537 all time cases, 103, 451 lives have been lost to the pandemic, while 4, 270,234 others have been treated and discharged, leaving Russia with 266, 852 active cases of Coronavirus(9201 new 392 deaths*) and the United Kingdom which has reported 4, 401,113 confirmed cases, 127,507 patients are already dead, while 13,940 others have recovered and therefore discharged, leaving the UK with 4, 259, 666 active cases of Coronavirus(2251 new and 35 deaths*).

Turkey has come up as the 7^th country worst hit, reporting 4, 212, 645 all time infections, 35, 608 patients have passed on while 3, 643, 734 others have recovered, leaving Turkey with 533, 303 active cases of Coronavirus(62, 606 new and 288 deaths*), followed by Italy with 3, 857, 443 confirmations, 116, 676 deaths and 3, 235,459 recoveries, leaving Italy with 505, 308 active cases of Coronavirus(15, 364 new and 310 deaths*) and Spain which has reported 3, 407, 283 confirmed cases, 76, 981 patients have passed on while 150, 376 others have been given clean bill of health, leaving Spain with 3, 179, 926 active cases of Coronavirus.

Germany has come up as the 10^th country most hit by the pandemic, now reporting 3, 139,588 confirmations, 79, 910 patients have given up the ghost, while 2, 775, 520 others are now hale and hearty, leaving Germany with 284, 158 active cases of Coronavirus(19, 572 new and 148 deaths*) and South Africa which has reported 1, 564, 355 confirmed cases, 53, 711 patients are no more while 1, 489, 457 others have been treated and discharged, leaving South Africa with 21, 187 active cases of Coronavirus(48 deaths*).

NB: *New cases reported in the last 24 hours