COVID-19: Sharp drop in number of new cases in Nigeria

Nigeria on Sunday recorded 506 new cases of the novel COVID-19 virus, according to the Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC).

The figure was the lowest in over two months.

However, the NCDC said 20 more deaths had been recorded across the country.

To date, 139,748 cases have been confirmed, 113,525 cases discharged and 1,667 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Sunday’s new cases were reported from 20 states, including Ondo (90), Kwara (89), Rivers (53), Borno (45), Gombe (32), FCT (28), Imo (26), Ogun (25), Lagos (22), Kaduna (14), Kano (14), Edo (13), Osun (11), Cross River (10), Yobe (9), Ekiti (7), Kebbi (6), Nasarawa (6), Oyo (5), and Jigawa (1).

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	51,685	6,093	45,249	343
FCT	17,824	6,222	11,474	128
Plateau	8,297	337	7,904	56
Kaduna	7,818	256	7,505	57
Oyo	5,905	1,656	4,160	89
Rivers	5,759	708	4,965	86
Edo	4,006	702	3,158	146
Ogun	3,578	410	3,123	45
Kano	3,314	381	2,841	92
Ondo	2,506	371	2,080	55
Delta	2,396	600	1,744	52
Kwara	2,158	541	1,575	42
Nasarawa	1,976	1,590	373	13
Katsina	1,901	32	1,842	27
Enugu	1,829	297	1,511	21
Osun	1,805	371	1,401	33
Gombe	1,802	219	1,541	42
Ebonyi	1,540	241	1,269	30
Abia	1,338	113	1,212	13
Anambra	1,271	918	334	19
Imo	1,220	202	999	19
Bauchi	1,164	3	1,144	17
Akwa Ibom	1,090	502	574	14
Borno	1,085	198	850	37
Benue	917	350	546	21
Niger	847	416	417	14
Sokoto	759	18	715	26
Bayelsa	695	35	636	24
Adamawa	673	405	240	28
Ekiti	641	138	494	9
Taraba	496	102	379	15
Jigawa	485	72	402	11
Kebbi	276	6	257	13
Yobe	250	29	213	8
Cross River	222	10	200	12
Zamfara	215	12	195	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

COVID-19 global Update

The novel coronavirus has killed at least 2,310,234 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT on Sunday.

At least 105,750,940 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 64,417,600 are now considered recovered.

These figures are based on daily tolls provided by health authorities in each country and exclude later re-evaluations by statistical organisations, as has happened in Russia, Spain, and Britain.

On Saturday, 11,728 new deaths and 427,072 new cases were recorded worldwide.

Based on the latest reports, the countries with the newest deaths were the United States with 2,862 new deaths, followed by Mexico with 1,496 and Brazil with 978.

The United States is the worst-affected country with 462,181 deaths from 26,918,271 cases.

After the US, the hardest-hit countries are Brazil with 231,012 deaths from 9,497,795 cases, Mexico with 165,786 deaths from 1,926,080 cases, India with 154,996 deaths from 10,826,363 cases, and the United Kingdom with 112,092 deaths from 3,929,835 cases.

The country with the highest death rate is Belgium with 184 fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants, followed by Slovenia with 174, United Kingdom 165, Czech Republic 161, and Italy 151.

Europe overall has 771,213 deaths from 34,477,054 cases, Latin America and the Caribbean 617,064 deaths from 19,511,180 infections, and the United States and Canada 482,867 deaths from 27,718,720 cases.

Asia has reported 244,238 deaths from 15,452,849 cases, the Middle East 99,165 deaths from 4,899,328 cases, Africa 94,742 deaths from 3,660,024 cases, and Oceania 945 deaths from 31,787 cases.

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of tests conducted has greatly increased while testing and reporting techniques have improved, leading to a rise in reported cases.

However, the number of diagnosed cases is only a part of the real total number of infections as a significant number of less serious or asymptomatic cases always remain undetected.

As a result of corrections by national authorities or late publication of data, the figures updated over the past 24 hours may not correspond exactly to the previous day’s tallies