Coronavirus: Brazil reports 158, 489 new 2736 deaths; Nigeria 317

Last updated: 2021/07/24 at 3:07 AM

starconnect Published 24 July 2021

Coronavirus still major disaster in Brazil

President Buhari with L-R: Magajin Garin Daura Alh. Musa Umar, Emir of Daura HRH Umar Faruk Umar, Son Yusuf Buhari (Taliban Daura) and Nephew Musa Daura (Dan Madamin Daura) as he pays courtesy visit to Emir of Daura in Daura, Katsina State on 23rd July 2021

TOP NEW CASES

Brazil: 158, 489

USA: 59, 094

UK: 36, 371

India: 35, 342

Argentina: 29, 122

Colombia: 25, 740

Russia: 23, 276

Admin l Saturday, July 24, 2021

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 317 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 170, 623 cases. But out of the 170, 623 total cases, 164, 780 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 131 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 3712 active cases of Coronavirus pandemic, while 1 patient died in the last 24 hours.

NCDC: 317new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 172, Akwa Ibom – 62, Oyo-33, Rivers – 32, Ekiti – 5, FCT- 5, Ogun – 3, Sokoto – 2, Bayelsa – 1,Gombe – 1, Kano – 1: 170, 623 confirmed cases; 164, 780 discharged; 2, 131 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 193, 090,087 confirmed cases of Coronavirus worldwide, 4, 142,810 patients have passed on, while 3, 779, 720, 363 doses of Coronavirus vaccines have been administered 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 remains the most afflicted country, reporting 34, 325, 902 confirmed cases, while 610, 431 patients have passed on(59, 094 new and 351 deaths*), followed by India, which has documented 31, 293, 062 confirmed cases, while 419, 470 lives have perished(35, 342 new and 483 deaths*) and Brazil which has reported 19, 632,443 all time cases, while 548, 340 patients have given up the ghost(158, 489 new and 2736 deaths*).

France remains the 4^th country most hit, reporting 6,015, 469 all time infections, while 111, 778 lives have been wasted(19, 496 new and 30 deaths*), followed by Russia with 6, 002, 303 confirmations and 149, 796 deaths(23, 276 new and 784 deaths*) and the United Kingdom which has documented 5, 662, 426 all time infections, while 129, 330 lives have been wasted(36, 371 new and 64 deaths*).

Turkey remains the 7^th country most afflicted with 5, 574, 997 all time infections, while 50, 821 patients have perished(11, 094 new and 60 deaths*), followed by Argentina with 4, 827, 973 confirmed cases, while 103, 359 patients are already dead(29, 122 new and 541 deaths*) and Colombia which has reported 4, 705,734 cases, while 118, 188 lives are no more(25, 740 new and 706 deaths*).

Italy has come up as the 10^th country most hit with 4, 307, 535 confirmations, while 127, 937 people afflicted have kicked the bucket(5142 new and 17 deaths*) and South Africa, which has documented 2, 356, 049 all time infections, while 69, 075 patients have passed on (13, 719 new and 450 deaths*).