Nigeria: 284 New COVID-19 Infections Recorded Wednesday, 199 Cases Found in Lagos

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 284 new cases of COVID-19 as death toll from the virus reaches 200.

According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), with Wednesday’s figure, the total tally of infected people in the country rose to 6,677

While making the announcement, the NCDC said COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 200 after eight patient died. And no fewer than 106 patients recovered from the virus in the past 24 hours in the country.

The health agency in a tweet Wednesday night said the new cases were reported in 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory. These are Lagos, Rivers, Oyo, FCT, Borno, Plateau, Jigawa, Kano, Abia, Ekiti, Delta, Kwara and Taraba.

All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

A breakdown of data released by the centre showed that Lagos recorded the highest number with 199 cases of the virus infections, 26 cases were found in Rivers and 19 cases in Oyo state.

Other states that have recorded new cases include: FCT and Borno with eight cases each, Plateau had seven cases, six cases in Jigawa, five cases were found in Kano, two cases in Abia, while Ekiti, Delta, Kwara and Taraba recorded one case each.

On the 20th of May 2020, 284 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths was recorded in Nigeria
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 6677 cases have been confirmed, 1840 cases have been discharged and 200 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

On the 18th of May, 8 new cases in Zamfara were erroneously announced

Therefore, as at the 20th of May 2020, Zamfara has recorded a total of 76 confirmed cases

We apologise to @Zamfara_state for this error and reiterate our commitment to accurate & transparent reporting of data pic.twitter.com/RIeUhZ2e0a

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 20, 2020

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Medical Association in Zamfara state confirmed that eight of its members have tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on Wednesday.

Bauchi State Government announced the lifting of the ban on religious activities in the state, suggesting that parts of the country are now choosing to resume normal activities.

More than 325,000 people worldwide have now died from the novel coronavirus, three-quarters of them in Europe and the United States, since it broke out in China in December, according to an AFP tally.

The virus has killed 325,232 people in 196 countries and infected 4,943,050, according to the tally based on official sources at 1900 GMT Wednesday.

Of those infected, at least 1,827,200 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.

In the United States, 92,583 people have died, the highest figure for fatalities. The country has registered 1,539,633 cases and 289,392 people cured.

The United Kingdom has the second-worst death toll at an official 35,704 for 248,293 cases, ahead of Italy (32,330 deaths and 227,364 cases), France (28,132 deaths and 181,575 cases) and Spain (27,888 deaths and 232,555).

France revised down its death toll on Tuesday after changing the way it recorded nursing-home fatalities

Since 1900 GMT Tuesday there have been 4,951 more deaths and 94,820 new cases registered worldwide.

The United States registered the highest 24-hour death toll of 1,404 ahead of 1,179 for Brazil and 363 for the United Kingdom.

Belgium has the highest death toll relative to population with 79 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, ahead of Spain (60), Italy and the United Kingdom (both 53), and France (43).

China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared 4,634 deaths and 82,965 cases. It has 78,244 recovered cases.

Europe has a total of 169,674 deaths from 1,944,258 cases, the United States and Canada have 98,674 deaths and 1,619,714 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean have 32,422 deaths and 583,045 cases, Asia has 12,941 deaths and 387,127 cases, the Middle East has 8,420 deaths and 306,715 cases, Africa has 2,973 deaths from 93,772 cases, and Oceania 128 deaths from 8,426 cases.

Corrections by national authorities or late publication of data mean the figures updated over the past 24 hours may not correspond exactly to the previous day’s tallies.

May 20, 2020