Coronavirus:  Nigeria lists 387 cases 21 deaths; USA reports 290, 141

USA: 290, 141

UK: 30, 298

India: 27, 254

Turkey: 24, 606

Iran: 22, 541

Russia: 17, 861

Admin l Tuesday, September 14, 2021

LAGOS – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed  387 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to  199, 538. But out of the 199, 538  confirmed cases, 188, 427 patients have been treated and discharged, while  2, 619 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 8492 active cases, while  21 patients died in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC: 387 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria: Lagos – 114,  Rivers – 91, FCT – 32,  Edo – 31, Delta – 28,  Kwara – 20,  Bayelsa – 18,  Akwa Ibom -15, Oyo-10,  Osun – 8,  Gombe – 5, Plateau – 5,  Ekiti – 4,  Ogun – 3, Kano – 2, Kaduna- 1: 199, 538 confirmed; 188, 427 discharged; 2, 619 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 225,140, 606 confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic worldwide,  4,637, 128  patients are now dead, while  3,567, 959,702 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 41,170, 167  all time cases, while 661,364 patients  have passed on(290, 141 new and  1426  deaths*), followed by India with 33, 264, 175 all time cases, while 442, 874 patients are no more(27, 254 new  219 deaths*) and Brazil which has documented 20, 999, 779 all time cases, while 586, 851 patients have been killed by the virus(10, 615 new and 293 deaths*).

The United Kingdom remains the 4^th country most afflicted, reporting 7, 290, 040  all time cases, while 134,586 lives have been wasted(30, 298 new and  61 deaths*), followed by Russia which has registered 7, 055, 296 all time infections and 190, 031 deaths(17, 861 new and 712 deaths*) and France which has reported 6, 992, 980 all time cases and 116, 221 deaths(16, 861 new and 97 deaths*).

Turkey remains the 7^th country most hit, reporting 6, 682, 834 all time cases and 60, 117 deaths(24, 606 new and  231 deaths*) and Iran with 5, 318, 327 confirmed cases, while 114, 759 patients are no more(22, 541 new and  448 deaths*)  and Argentina with 5, 224, 534  cases, while 113, 402 patients are no more alive(1930 new and 46 deaths*).

Colombia has come up as the 10^th country most hit, reporting 4, 930, 249  all time cases, while 125, 647  patients  have kicked the bucket and South Africa which has documented  2, 860, 835 all time infections, while 85, 002 patients have been killed by the virus(2640 new and 125 deaths*).

NB: * New cases reported in the last 24 hours