Nigeria confirms 350 new cases of COVID-19, total infections now 11,516
The most populous nation in Africa, Nigeria, has on Thursday recorded 350 new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), increasing the total number of confirmed cases to 11, 516.
“Till date, 11516 cases have been confirmed, 3535 cases have been discharged and 323 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Announcing the new cases via its official twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated the breakdown of the new cases per state thus; “Lagos-102; Ogun-34; FCT-29; Borno-26; Kaduna-23; Rivers-21; Ebonyi-17; Kwara -16; Katsina-14; Edo-10; Delta-10; Kano-10; Bauchi-10; Bayelsa-9; Imo-8; Plateau-4; Ondo-3; Nasarawa-2; Gombe-1; Oyo-1”.
The 102 cases confirmed in Lagos brings the total number of cases at the nation’s epicentre to 5,542.
MaxTech reports that Nigeria currently has 7,658 active COVID-19 cases.
Globally, coronavirus has killed at least 385,869 people since the outbreak first emerged in China last December.
At least 6,522,050 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 2,820,000 are now considered recovered, according to AFP tally.
Europe overall has 181,143 deaths from 2,212,312 cases, the United States and Canada have 114,633 deaths from 1,943,930 infections, Latin America and the Caribbean 57,701 deaths from 1,145,993 cases, Asia 17,693 deaths from 610,239 cases, the Middle East 9,962 deaths from 437,684 cases, Africa 4,606 deaths from 163,287 cases, and Oceania 131 deaths from 8,612 cases.
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