Abuja – Nigeria has recorded 667 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 19,147. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Friday through its official Twitter handle. NCDC said that the 667 new confirmed cases were from 23 states, with six deaths as at June […]
COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased further on Saturday with 387 cases reported by the country, even as authorities intensify efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic. The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter. This takes the country’s total infections to 9855, out of […]
Russia’s nationwide tally of confirmed coronavirus cases surged past the 100,000 mark on Thursday after a record daily rise in new cases, days after President Vladimir Putin warned the peak of the outbreak was yet to come. Russia, the world’s largest country by territory, has been on lockdown since Putin announced the closure of most […]
Russia has registered a total of 18,328 cases of COVID-19 as of Monday, with the number of infected rising by a new daily record of 2,558, latest official data showed. The death toll is now 148, with 1,470 people having recovered so far, including 179 in the last 24 hours, Russia’s coronavirus response centre said […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced five new COVID-19 cases and 15 recoveries. In a tweet on Sunday night, the agency said two were recorded in Lagos, another two in Kwara and one in Katsina. This brings Nigeria’s current total to 323. Of that figure, 85 persons have been discharged. As at […]
The Edo State Government has said that the Stella Obasanjo Hospital, which has been repurposed as an infectious diseases centre in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in the state, would receive confirmed cases of the disease from Tuesday, April 7. Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, disclosed this while conducting journalists round the Infectious […]
The number of coronavirus infections in Lagos may rise as high as 39,000 in a worst-case scenario, according to Lagos state commissioner for health, Mr Akin Abayomi. The commissioner made the comment at a media briefing in Lagos on Friday. As of Friday, Lagos had a total of 44 cases, according to the Nigeria Centre […]
Seven people aboard the German-based cruise ship Artania anchored off Perth in Western Australia have tested positive for the new coronavirus, with the state’s premier calling for federal government help to get the vessel to leave Australian waters. “Its home port is actually Germany… This ship needs to leave immediately. I want the Commonwealth to make […]