Coronavirus: Nigeria lists 477 cases; USA 180, 046 cases 2744 deaths

Admin l Saturday, September 25, 2021

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 477 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 203, 991. But out of the 203, 991 confirmed cases, 192, 139 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 671 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 9,181 active cases, while 3 patients died in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC:477 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 113, Rivers – 79, FCT – 68, Kaduna – 68, Delta – 37, Abia – 36, Oyo – 16, Benue – 12, Akwa Ibom – 9, Plateau – 9, Cross River- 7, Edo – 6, Ekiti – 6, Katsina – 4, Jigawa – 3, Bayelsa – 2, Ogun – 1, Yobe – 1: 203, 991 confirmed; 192, 139 discharged; 2, 671 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 231,042, 159 confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic worldwide, 4,735,581 patients are already dead, while 6,044, 273, 934 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, now reporting 42, 837,389 all time infections, while 686, 895 patients have been killed by the virus(180, 046 new and 2744 deaths*), followed by India, which has reported 33, 594, 803 all time cases and 446,368 deaths (31, 382 new and 318 deaths*) and Brazil which has documented 21, 308, 178 all time cases, while 592, 964 patients have passed on(24, 611 new and 648 deaths*).

The United Kingdom remains the 4^th country most hit, reporting 7, 637, 251 cases, while 136,336 patients are no more(35, 694 new and 193 deaths*), followed by Russia which has reported 7, 269, 514 confirmed cases, while 198, 644 patients are no more(20, 942 new and 810 deaths*) and France, which is now reporting 7, 075, 305 all time cases, while 117, 144 patients have lost their lives(7198 new and 89 deaths*).

Turkey remains the 7^th country most hit, reporting 6, 987, 464 all time cases, while 62, 745 lives have perished as a result of the pandemic(27, 197 new and 221 deaths*), followed by Iran which has reported 5, 508, 885 all time cases, while 118, 792 patients have kicked the bucket(15, 294 new and 284 deaths*) and Argentina with 5, 246, 998 all time cases, while 114,772 patients are no more(1733 new and 88 deaths*).

Colombia remains the 10^th country most hit, reporting 4,946, 811 confirmed cases, while 126,032 patients could not make it alive(1608 new and 26 deaths*) and South Africa, the most afflicted in Africa, reporting 2, 894, 342 all time cases and 86, 967 deaths(2261 new and 312 deaths*).