The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday 2 May 2020, confirmed 220 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic bringing the country’s total infections to 2,388.
Afriupdate reports that the health agency revealed this new development on their verified Twitter account late Saturday evening.
According NCDC, the number of deaths from the deadly virus also rose to 85 while 385 have now recovered as seen below:
220 new cases of #COVID19;
62-Lagos
52-FCT
31-Kaduna
13-Sokoto
10-Kebbi
9-Yobe
6-Borno
5-Edo
5-Bauchi
4-Gombe
4-Enugu
4-Oyo
3-Zamfara
2-Nasarawa
2-Osun
2-Ebonyi
2-Kwara
2-Kano
2-Plateau2388 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 385
Deaths: 85 pic.twitter.com/06ZsNqpWU8— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 2, 2020
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 241,682 people since the outbreak first emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Saturday.
More than 3,398,390 cases were registered in 195 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,023,900 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.
The countries with the newest fatalities over the 24-hour period were the United States with 2,518, Britain with 621 and Italy with 474.
The United States has the highest number of total deaths with 65,645 out of 1,121,414 cases. At least 164,015 have been declared recovered.
Italy has the second-highest toll with 28,710 deaths out of 209,328 cases, followed by Britain with 28,131 deaths from 182,260 cases, Spain 25,100 deaths and 216,582 cases and France with 24,760 deaths and 168,396 cases.
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The country with the highest proportion of fatalities per population is Belgium, with 67 deaths per 100,000 people, followed by Spain with 54, Italy with 47, Britain with 41 and France with 38.
China — excluding Hong Kong and Macau — has to date declared 4,633 deaths and 82,875 cases. It has 77,642 recovered cases.
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