Coronavirus claims 5, 130, 139 lives globally

LAGOS – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported 82 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic in the country, bringing all time cases to 213, 403.

But out of the 213, 403 all time cases,  206,  245 patients have been treated and discharged, while 2, 973 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 4185 active cases of Coronavirus.

NCDC: 82 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;  Rivers -52,  Kano – 9,  Kebbi – 6, Kaduna -5,  Plateau -5, Enugu -3, Bauchi -1, Lagos -1: 213,  403 confirmed ; 206, 245 discharged; 2973 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 255,931,034  total cases of Coronavirus pandemic worldwide,  5, 130, 139 lives have been wasted while  7, 594, 152, 864  doses of Coronavirus vaccines have been administered worldwide based on the latest reports from the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Maryland.

According to the centre, the United States remains the most afflicted country, now reporting  47,504,  601 confirmed cases, while 768, 429 patients have perished, followed by India, which has documented 34, 478, 517  all time cases, while 464,623 patients are no  more and Brazil, which registered 21,977,661 all time infections and  611, 851 deaths.

The United Kingdom remains the 4^th country most hit, reporting 9, 772, 487 all time cases while 143, 999 patients have passed on, followed by  Russia, now reporting 9, 063, 318 all time cases, while 255,448 patients could not make it alive and Turkey with  8, 505, 190 all time infections, while 74, 428  patients have died from the pandemic.

France remains the 7^th country most hit, reporting  7,453,941 all time cases, while 119,333 patients are no more, followed by Iran with 6, 063,775 all time cases, while 128,634 patients are now dead and Argentina which has reported 5, 310,334 all time cases and 116, 313 deaths.

Spain has come up as the  10^th country, which has documented 5, 074, 027  all time cases, while 87, 804 patients have passed on and South Africa  with 2, 926,914 all time infections and 89, 515 deaths.