Coronavirus: 35 patients die in Nigeria 1148 in the UK

Admin l Sunday, October 17, 2021

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 376 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases to 209, 173. But out of the 209, 173 confirmed cases, 197, 084 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 804 patients could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 9285 active cases of Coronavirus, while 35 patients died in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC: 376 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 215, Rivers – 82, Ondo – 16, Imo – 114, Plateau – 12, Kaduna -10, Kwara -9, Ekiti- 4, Bauchi – 3, Delta – 3, Kano -3, Sokoto -3, Nasarawa – 1, Oyo – 1; 209, 173 confirmed; 197, 084 discharged; 2, 804 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 240, 342, 586 confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic worldwide, while 4, 893, 398 patients are no more, while 6, 606,354, 285 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 44, 910, 656 all time cases, while 724, 122 patients are no more(62, 133 new and 737 deaths*), followed by India, which has reported 34,053, 573 confirmed cases of the pandemic, while 451, 980 lives have perished(15, 981 new and 166 deaths*) and Brazil with 21, 627, 476 all time cases, while 602, 669 patients have passed on(15, 239 new and 570 deaths*).

The United Kingdom has come us the 4^th country most hit, reporting 8, 443, 880 confirmations and 139, 940 deaths(42, 972 new and 1148 deaths*), followed by Russia with 7, 837, 101 confirmed cases, while 218, 362 patients are no more and(33, 130 new and 980 deaths*) Turkey, which has documented 7, 630, 133 all time cases and 67, 437 deaths(28, 537 new and 212 deaths*).

France is the 7^th country most hit, reporting 7, 185, 744 all time cases, while 118, 173 patients have given up the ghost(4971 new and 21 deaths*) and Iran with 5, 733, 419 all time infections and 123, 876 deaths(181 deaths*), followed by Argentina which has documented 5, 271, 361 total cases, while 115, 660 individuals have kicked the bucket(1358 new and 27 deaths*).

Spain remains the 10^th country worst hit, now reporting 4, 984, 386 confirmed cases, while 86, 974 patients are no more and South Africa, most hit by the Coronavirus in Africa. South Africa has reported 2, 915, 560 all time cases, while 88, 562 patients have been killed by the virus.