In 24 hours Coronavirus claims 5,085 lives in Brazil

UK: 190, 703

INDIA: 22, 775

SA: 11, 754

BRAZIL: 10, 190

Admin l  Saturday, January 01, 2022

LAGOS – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has  confirmed  828 new cases of Coronavirus pandemic, bringing all time cases in the country to 242, 296.  But out of the  242, 296 total cases,  214, 296 patients have been treated and discharged,  while 3,031 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with  24, 969 active cases of Coronavirus pandemic, while one patient died in the last 24 hours.

“NCDC: 828 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos – 550, Oyo – 87,  FCT – 69,  Kwara – 31,  Akwa Ibom – 32,  Bauchi – 19, Ekiti- 16,  Delta – 11,  Kaduna – 10,  Ogun – 3,  Anambra – 3, Plateau -2,  Bayelsa – 2, Nasarawa – 1,  Katsina -1, Jigawa – 1;  242, 341 confirmed; 214, 296 discharged; 3,031 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

 There are now 288,192,784 total cases of infections globally, 5, 436, 724 patients have kicked the bucket, while 9,146,651,126 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 54,743,993 confirmed cases of Coronavirus pandemic, while 825,536  patients have passed on(490, 274 new and 1193 deaths#), followed by India, which has now documented 34, 861,579 total cases of infections, while 481,486 others could not make it alive(22, 775 new and 406 deaths#) and Brazil now reporting 22, 291, 839 total infections and 619,334 deaths(10, 190 new and 5,085 deaths#).

The United Kingdom has come up as the 4^th country most hit, reporting 13, 011,556 all time infections and 149, 096 deaths(190, 703 new and 203 deaths#), followed by  Russia which has reported 10, 320, 405 total infections, while 302, 671 patients have perished and France, now reporting 10, 077,783 all time cases, while 124, 729 others could not make it alive.

Turkey remains the 7^th country most afflicted, reporting 9, 484, 520 total infections and 82, 361 deaths, followed by Germany which has reported 7, 177,149 total cases of Coronavirus pandemic, while 112, 111 patients could not survive the pandemic and Spain, which has registered 6, 294,745 total cases, while 89, 405 patients have lost their lives to the pandemic.

Iran remains the 10^th country most hit, reporting 6, 194,401 total infections, while 131, 606  patients could n ot make it alive and South Africa, the most afflicted country in Africa. South Africa has reported 3, 458,286 all time infections and 91, 145 deaths (11, 754 new and 84 deaths#).

NB:#New cases in the last 24 hours