SINCE the confirmation of the first Coronavirus case on February 27, Nigeria has joined 213 countries and territories around the world where rising Coronavirus infections have become a number one public health challenge.
Coronavirus infections have become a number one public health challenge. After five months of managing the global pandemic by the combined strength of the federal and state authorities, Nigeria as at yesterday has recorded 39,977 confirmed cases and 856 deaths.
On the African continent, the confirmed death toll stood at 17,509, as of July 26. According to the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, the continent now has 828,214 confirmed cases and 484,038 recoveries. South Africa leads the African Coronavirus table with 434,200 cases and 6,655 deaths, while Egypt comes second with 91,583 cases and 4,558 deaths. Nigeria ranks third in Africa and 47th in the world in terms of the number of infections.
The 591 new cases posted on July 24 were reported from 17 states: Oyo , Lagos , FCT , Ondo , Osun , Ebonyi , Edo , Ogun , Rivers , Akwa Ibom , Kaduna, Katsina, Borno , Ekiti, Delta, Imo, Niger . On the same day, 498 cases were discharged in 19 states: Ondo , Enugu , Ogun , Plateau , Osun , Oyo , Kano , FCT , Bayelsa , Niger , Edo , Kaduna , Kwara , Imo , Lagos , Rivers , Anambra , Bauchi and Borno .
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