Coronavirus: Lack of total disclosure in Spain as resurgence hits USA, France, India

Last updated: 2020/11/18 at 12:55 AM

starconnect Published 18 November 2020

Mandatory Credit: Photo by EMILIO NARANJO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10407093ac)Spanish acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, delivers a speech at the Lower House in Madrid, Spain, 11 September 2019, during question time. Sanchez is appearing at Parliament to inform about the contents of the agreements achieved during the last European Union Council meetings held in June and July 2019 as well as to report the last developments on brexit.Question time at Parliament, Madrid, Spain - 11 Sep 2019

NEW CASES

India: 129, 163

US: 126, 951

France: 125, 270

Italy: 32, 191

Russia: 22, 201

UK: 20,064

Emmanuel Thomas l Wednesday, November 18, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 152 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing all time cases to 65,457. But there appear to be issues of reporting actual figures in Spain.

However out of the 65,457 all time infections in Nigeria, 61,337 patients have been treated and discharged, while 1,163 others could not make it alive, leaving Nigeria with 2957 active cases.

Breakdown of the new cases is as follows, Lagos-61, Oyo-39, Abuja-13, Yobe-10, Bauchi-6, Kaduna-5, Kano-4, Kwara-4, Plateau-4, Edo-2, Ogun-2 and Rivers-2, making a total of 152 new cases of Coronavirus.

“NCDC@NCDCgov 152 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-61, Oyo-39, FCT-13, Yobe-10, Bauchi-6, Kaduna-5, Kano-4, Kwara-4, Plateau-4, Edo-2, Ogun-2 and Rivers-2 ; 65,457 confirmed; 61,337 discharged ; 1,163 deaths”, the NCDC has announced.

There are now 55, 400,024 active cases of Coronavirus worldwide, 1,333, 479 patients have died, while 35, 615, 598 others have been treated and discharged. There are now 18, 450, 947 active cases of Coronavirus globally, the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering, Johns Hopkins University(JHU), Maryland has reported.

According to JHU, the United States of America remains the most affected globally, reporting a record 11, 299, 730 infections, 248, 001 patients already dead, while 4, 244,811 others have been able to overcome the pandemic, leaving USA with 6, 806, 918 active cases of Coronavirus(126, 951 new cases).

India is the next most affected with 8, 974,290 all time cases, 130, 519 patients are already dead, while 8, 290, 370 patients have been treated successfully and discharged, leaving India with 393, 550 active cases of Coronavirus(129, 163 new cases), followed by Brazil with 5, 876, 464 infections since the first day the pandemic was reported, 166, 014 deaths and 5, 335, 498 recoveries, leaving Brazil with 374, 952 active cases of Coronavirus(13, 371 new cases).

France has again retained the 4^th most affected country with 2, 041, 317 all time infections, 45, 122 people have been killed by the virus, while 146, 397 others are now hale and hearty, leaving France with 1, 846, 798 active cases of Coronavirus(125, 270 new cases). Russia is next in the 5^th place, reporting 1, 954, 912 total infections, 33, 619 patients have passed on while 1, 465,051 others have been treated and discharged. Russia is now left with 456, 242 active cases of Coronavirus(22, 201 new cases), followed by Spain, which has documented 1, 510,023 total infections, 41, 688 patients are already dead, while only 150, 376 patients have been treated and discharged, leaving Spain with 1, 317, 959 active cases of Coronavirus(13, 159 new cases).

However, there are issues regarding reporting of actual figures in Spain; it is either a deliberate cover up or those in charge of reporting cases do not know what they are doing. For example, since JULY , the total number of patients who have recovered has remained constant, 150, 376 up till this moment, suggesting under-reportage of casualties #coronavirusspain.

There has been a steady but gradual rise in number of casualties, even as new cases increase almost on a daily basis.

Nonetheless, the United Kingdom has assumed the 7^th most affected country, reporting 1,414,359 total infections, 52, 839 deaths, while only 3, 145 patients have been able to recover since the outset of the pandemic in the UK, leaving the kingdom with 1, 358, 375 active cases of Coronavirus(20,064 new cases), followed by Argentina which has documented 1, 318,384 total infections, 35, 727 deaths and 1,140, 196 recoveries, leaving Argentina with 142, 461 active cases of Coronavirus(7, 893 new cases) and Italy reporting 1, 238,072 total infections, 46, 464 deaths, while 457, 798 patients have been treated and discharged, leaving Italy with 780, 274 active cases of Coronavirus(32, 191 new cases).

Colombia is now the 10^th country worst hit by the pandemic, reporting 1, 205, 217 total infections, 34, 223 patients are no more, while 1, 111, 867 others been discharged after treatment, leaving Colombia with 59, 127 active cases of Coronavirus and South Africa stepping in as the 15^th country most hit, reporting 754, 256 all time infections, 20, 314 people are already dead, while 696, 820 others have been discharged after treatment, leaving South Africa with 37, 122 active cases of Coronavirus(1, 987 new cases).