takes a swab from a woman during a community COVID-19 coronavirus
testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Kola Sulaimon /
AFP
Nigeria on Thursday reported three more deaths from
COVID-19 as the country’s infections from the virus crossed 45,
000.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which revealed the
latest figure, also said the West African nation had 354 fresh
COVID-19 cases for the day.
Nigeria’s latest COVID-19 infections were confirmed in 16 states
and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking the country’s tally
to 45,244.
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A breakdown of the new infections from the virus indicated that
the FCT had the highest number of fresh cases – 78 – and is
followed by the country’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos – 76 –
and Kaduna-23.
Other states with confirmed cases of COVID-19 include Ebonyi –
19; Oyo – 18; Nasarawa – 17; Rivers – 17; Delta -16;
Kwara – 15; Akwa Ibom – 13; Edo – 12 and Ogun -12.
Plateau – 11; Kano – 9; Bauchi – 6 ; Borno – 6 and Ekiti
-6, reported the remaining COVID-19 cases for Thursday.
Although 32,430 persons who contracted the virus have been
successfully treated and discharged, 930 deaths have so far been
confirmed, according to the NCDC data.
354 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-78 Lagos-76 Kaduna-23 Ebonyi-19 Oyo-18 Nasarawa-17 Rivers-17
Delta-16 Kwara-15 Akwa Ibom-13 Edo-12 Ogun-12 Plateau-11 Kano-9
Bauchi-6 Borno-6 Ekiti-645,244 confirmed 32,430 discharged 930 deaths
pic.twitter.com/CEtNUyiHpC— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 6, 2020
Lagos State, so far, has the highest number of infections from
the disease with 15,627 cases, 13,119 discharges and 192 deaths,
followed by the FCT – 4,241 confirmed infections.
Not Yet Uhuru
Despite the declining daily infections in the country, the NCDC
has told Nigerians not to abandon some of the protocols in place to
curb the spread of the pandemic.
The Director General of the agency, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu who said
this during the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on
COVID-19, reiterated that Nigeria has not flattened the curve
yet.
According to him, the reduced number of infections is due to a
slump in the samples collected from different states.
protective face masks. Photo by GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT /
AFP.
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The PTF had also, during the briefing, said President Muhammadu
Buhari had approved the extension of the second phase of the eased
lockdown for another four weeks.
This extension is the third for the second phase of lockdown
currently observed across the country.
Global Outlook
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 585,750 people since
the outbreak emerged in China last December, according to a tally
from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Thursday.
At least 13,660,780 cases of coronavirus have been registered in
196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 7,442,700 are now
considered recovered.
The tallies, using data collected by AFP from national
authorities and information from the World Health Organization
(WHO), probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of
infections.
Many countries are testing only symptomatic or the most serious
cases.
Since 1900 GMT on Wednesday, 5,604 new deaths and 236,985 new
cases were recorded worldwide. The countries with the most new
deaths were Brazil with 1,233 new deaths, followed by United States
with 997, and India with 606.
sea front after the government eased a lockdown imposed as a
preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on
June 8, 2020. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
The United States is the worst-hit country with 137,897 deaths
from 3,536,658 cases. At least 1,075,882 people have been declared
recovered.
After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 75,366
deaths from 1,966,748 cases, United Kingdom with 45,119 deaths from
2,925,52 cases, Mexico with 36,906 deaths from 317,635 cases, and
Italy with 35,017 deaths from 243,736 cases.
The country with the highest number of deaths compared to its
population is Belgium with 84 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants,
followed by United Kingdom with 66, Spain 61, Italy 58, and Sweden
55.
China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared
83,612 cases (1 new since Wednesday), including 4,634 deaths and
78,719 recoveries.