Coronavirus: 1209 dead in Brazil; Nigeria 505 new cases

Last updated: 2021/08/04 at 1:28 AM

starconnect Published 4 August 2021

A view of the Gashua-Yusufari Road. INSET:Hon. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN (middle) flanked by the Speaker of the Yobe State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Lawal Mirwa (right), Director Highways, Construction and Rehabilitation, Engr. Folorunsho Esan (2nd right),Director Highways,North Central, Engr. Celestine Shausu (2nd left) and the Hon.Commissioner for Works, Yobe State, Engr. Umar Wakil (left) while speaking with journalists during the inspection of Gashua- Yusufari Road as part of the inspection tour of Federal Government Road Projects executed by the Yobe State Government for Reimbursement at Gashua, Yobe State on Monday, 2nd August 2021

TOP NEW CASES

USA: 82, 952

France: 32, 511

Brazil: 32, 316

India: 30, 549

UK: 21, 771

Russia: 21, 471

Admin l Wednesday, August 04, 2021

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 505 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 175, 264. But out of the 175, 264 confirmed cases, 165, 122 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 163 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 7979 active cases of Coronavirus, while 3 patients died in the last 24 hours.

NCDC: 505 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 273, Rivers- 83, Oyo -45, Ondo – 22, Cross River – 18, Kaduna – 13, Ogun – 10, CCT- 8, Ekiti – 7, Delta – 6, Bayelsa – 3, Edo – 2, Niger – 1: 175, 264 confirmed; 165, 122 discharged; 2, 163 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 199, 371,082 confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic, 4,243, 679 patients have passed on, while 4, 141, 144, 792 doses of Coronavirus vaccines have been administered globally 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 35, 205, 221 confirmed cases, while 614,196 patients are already dead(82, 952 new and 330 deaths*), followed by India with 31, 726, 507 confirmations while 425, 195 patients are no more(30, 549 new and 422 deaths*) and Brazil with 19, 985,817 all time cases, while 558, 432 patients are now dead(32, 316 new and 1209 deaths*).

Russia has come up as the 4^th country most hit, reporting 6, 251, 953 all time cases and 158, 263 deaths(21, 471 new and 767 deaths*) followed by France with 6, 242, 569 confirmed cases, while 112,184 patients have passed on(32, 511 new 109 deaths*), followed by the United Kingdom which has reported 5, 951, 557 all time infections, while 130, 178 patients have passed on(21, 771 new and 139 deaths*).

Turkey, now 7^th most hit has has reported 5, 770, 833 confirmed cases, while 51, 519 patients have passed on, followed Argentina, which has documented 4, 947, 030 all cases and 106, 045 deaths, and Colombia which has reported 4, 801, 050 all time cases, while 121,216 patients are no more.

Spain has come up as the 10^th country most hit, reporting 4, 523,310 all time cases, while 81, 773 patients have perished(20, 327 new and 130 deaths*) and South Africa which documented 2, 470, 746 all time cases, while 72, 992 patients are no more(8988 new and 555 deaths*).

NB: *New cases in the last 24 hours

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