COVID-19 cases as of August 2nd, 2020. Channels TV/Benjamin
Oluwatoyin.
Nigeria on Sunday confirmed 304 fresh cases of COVID-19,
just as Africa’s infections near 1 million.
The latest data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC) indicated that the new cases were found in fourteen states
and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
This comes as the Africa Centre Control (CDC), as of Sunday,
August 2, 2020, said the continent has 944,450 infections from the
disease with 602,578 having recovered and 19,920 persons dead.
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Yet To Report Death From COVID-19 – NCDC
Nigeria, one of the continent’s COVID-19 hotbeds, have 43,841
confirmed cases of the virus with Lagos topping the daily
infections -81 – from the pandemic for Sunday, according to the
NCDC.
takes a swab from a woman during a community COVID-19 coronavirus
testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Kola Sulaimon /
AFP
Other states with new cases include FCT -39; Abia – 31; Kaduna
-24; Rivers – 23; Plateau – 16; Cross River -13; Ebonyi – 12
and Ondo -12.
Ekiti -11; Edo – 11; Benue – 10; Nasarawa – 10; Ogun – 6 and
Gombe – 5, complete the country’s latest infections from the
pandemic.
Of the number of infected persons, 20,308 have been discharged
with 888 deaths, however, confirmed from the disease.
304 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-81 FCT-39 Abia-31 Kaduna-24 Rivers-23 Plateau-16 Cross
River-13 Ebonyi-12 Ondo-12 Ekiti-11 Edo-11 Benue-10 Nasarawa-10
Ogun-6 Gombe-543,841 confirmed 20,308 discharged 888 deaths
pic.twitter.com/MnLCKkA3N7— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 2, 2020
More Recoveries
Thirty seven more recovered COVID-19 patients were on Sunday
discharged by the Lagos State Government.
This is according to the State Governor Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu
who said they were discharged after testing negative to the
virus.
While giving a breakdown of the figure, he said they were 15
females and 22 males including six foreign nationals.
the male section at a COVID-19 coronavirus isolation centre at the
Sani Abacha stadium in Kano, Nigeria, on April 7, 2020. AMINU
ABUBAKAR / AFP
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Of that number, 8 of the patients were from the Isolation Centre
at Agidingbi, seven from Onikan, and another seven from the
Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
A patient was discharged from Gbagada, two from the First
Cardiology and 12 from the Lagos University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH) Isolation Centre.
With the newly-recovered person, Lagos State has now
successfully treated and discharged 2,216 of the confirmed cases,
according to the Commissioner for Health in the State, Professor
Akin Abayomi.
Easing Restrictions
The Lagos State Government had earlier directed all worship
centres in the state to reopen as it begins to ease the lockdown
imposed to curb the spread of pandemic.
It also directed restaurants in the commercial centre to begin
eat-in services with about 50 percent capacity, starting from
August 14th, explaining that schools will resume on August 3 to
enable exit students to write their examinations.
Zero Fatality
Despite the rising number of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria with
888 deaths, Taraba is the only state in the country yet to
record a single fatality from the virus.
Nigeria’s North-East region.
Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) as
of Saturday, August 1st, 2020, indicated Taraba have 54 cases
of the virus, out of which 11 have been discharged, 43 persons on
admission but no death reported.
COVID-19 :A Pandemic Ravaging The Globe
The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has passed 18
million, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 2240
GMT Sunday.
At least 18,011,763 cases have now been registered as the
pandemic’s rate of infection continues to accelerate. More than
half of them were recorded in the United States and in Latin
America and the Caribbean region.
The United States is the worst-hit country with 4,657,693 cases
including 154,793 deaths, followed by Brazil, with 2,733,677 cases
and 94,104 deaths.
The third worst-hit country is India, with 1,750,723 cases and
37,364 deaths.