Coronavirus claims 7 lives in Nigeria and 1177 in the United States

SPAIN: 331, 467

INDIA: 258, 089

UK: 88, 944

TURKEY: 83, 387

Admin l Tuesday, January 18, 2022

LAGOS – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed  249 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases in the country to  251, 178.

But out of the 251, 178 total cases,  224, 629 patients have been treated and discharged, while  3, 110 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 23, 439 active cases of Coronavirus pandemic, while 7 patients died in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC:  249 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 59, Adamawa –  46,  Imo – 37,  FCT – 30, Kwara –  14, Rivers – 13,  Kaduna – 10,  Taraba – 9, Cross River – 8, Bauchi – 7,  Niger – 5,  Delta – 4,  Ogun – 4, Nasarawa -2, Kano – 1;  251, 178 confirmed; 224,  629 discharged;  3, 110 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

Globally, there are now 329, 828, 170  confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic,  5,543, 790 patients could not survive the pandemic, while 9, 642, 207, 128 doses of Coronavirus vaccines have been administered  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 66, 326,161 cases of the Coronavirus pandemic,  while 851, 661 patients have passed on(726, 278 new and 1177 deaths#), followed by India, which has documented 37, 380, 253  all time infections, while 486,451 patients have passed on(258, 089 new and 385 deaths#) and Brazil, now reporting 23, 015, 128 all time cases, while 621, 327 patients could not make it alive(33, 277 new and 94 deaths#).

The United Kingdom remains the 4^th country most hit, reporting 15, 405,401 total cases of infections and 152,571 deaths (88, 944 new and  88 deaths#), followed by France, which has reported 14, 288, 472 total  infections, while 127,972 patients have passed on(4958 new and 15 deaths#) and Russia, now reporting 10, 651,867 total infections, while 315,495 patients have kicked the bucket(30, 457 new and 657 deaths#).

Turkey is the 7^th country most hit, reporting 10, 459, 094 all time infections, while 84,758  patients are no more alive, followed by Italy, 8, 790, 302 all time infections and 141, 391 deaths(83, 387 new and 287 deaths#)  and Spain, which has  registered 8, 424, 503 all time cases and 90, 993 deaths(331, 467 new and 234 deaths#).

Germany remains the 10^th country worst hit by the pandemic, reporting 8, 045, 572  total confirmations, while 115,706 patients have passed on(54, 140 new and 82 deaths#) and South Africa, the most afflicted country in Africa.

South Africa has reported 3, 560,  921  all time infections, while 93, 451  lives have been wasted by the pandemic(1629 new and 87 deaths#).

NB: #New cases reported in the last 24 hours