Confirmed Coronavirus cases hit 5 million worldwide

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has crossed 5 million, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

As of Thursday morning, 5,100,895 cases have been confirmed, 329,895 people have died, while 2,033,488 people worldwide have recorded. 

The United States remains the country most impacted by the pandemic, with more than 1.5 million cases and at least 93,400 deaths.

Russia, and Brazil are the two other countries with the highest number of confirmed cases.

Russia has almost 309,000 confirmed infections and 2,972 people have died with COVID-19, while Brazil has nearly 292,000 recorded cases and a much higher death toll, at 18,859.

BREAKING: Nigeria recorded 288 new cases of Covid19

288 new cases of #COVID19;

179-Lagos

20-Kaduna

15-Katsina

15-Jigawa

13-Borno

11-Ogun

8-Kano

7-FCT

4-Niger

4-Ekiti

3-Oyo

3-Delta

3-Bauchi

2-Kwara

1-Edo

5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 1320

Deaths: 171

BREAKING: Nigeria recorded 184 new cases of Coronavirus

184 new cases of #COVID19;

51-Lagos

23-Jigawa

16-Bauchi

16-Katsina

14-Kano

10-FCT

10-Rivers

9-Kwara

5-Delta

5-Kaduna

4-Sokoto

4-Oyo

3-Kebbi

3-Nasarawa

3-Osun

2-Ondo

1-Ebonyi

1-Edo

1-Enugu

1-Anambra

1-Plateau

1-Niger

4971 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 1070

Deaths: 164

BREAKING: Nigeria recorded 242 new cases of Corona Virus

242 new cases of #COVID19;

88-Lagos 64-Kano 49-Katsina 13-Kaduna 9-Ogun 6-Gombe 4-Adamawa 3-FCT 1-Ondo 1-Oyo 1–Rivers 1-Zamfara 1-Borno 1-Bauchi 4641 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 902 Deaths: 150

Ondo state records first COVID-19 death

Ondo state has recorded its first COVID-19 death.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the patient died in the early hours of today Monday May 11 at the Infectious Disease Hospital on Igbatoro Road in Akure, the state capital. 

Currently, 15 cases of COVID19 have been recorded in Ondo state. Six out of the 15 have tested negative and have been discharged from the Isolation center while eight are under treatment.

BREAKING: Lagos discharges 21 COVID-19 patients

Lagos State has discharged 21 more coronavirus patients, The NAIJA EXPLOIT reports.

The state Ministry of Health disclosed this on Sunday evening via Twitter.

The ministry noted that the patients all tested negative twice for the virus upon treatment before they were allowed to reunite with the society.

It said the patients comprised four females and 17 males and they were discharged from different isolation centres across the state, bringing the total recoveries in Lagos to 469.

“21 COVID-19 patients; 4 females and 17 males; all Nigerians have been discharged from our isolation facilities at Onikan, Eti-Osa (LandMark), First Cardiology Hospital and Lagos University Teaching Hospital to reunite with the society.

“The patients; 3 from Onikan, 1 from Eti-Osa (LandMark), 6 from Lekki, 1 from First Cardiology and 10 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital have fully recovered and tested negative twice consecutively.

“With this, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 469,” it stated.

Also, the ministry confirmed 97 new cases of COVID-19 infections announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday night, bringing the total confirmed cases in the state to 1,780.

BREAKING: 148 new cases of COVID19 confirmed in Nigeria

148 new cases of COVID19;

43-Lagos

32-Kano

14-Zamfara

10-FCT

9-Katsina

7-Taraba

6-Borno

6-Ogun

5-Oyo

3-Edo

3-Kaduna

3-Bauchi

2-Adamawa

2-Gombe

1-Plateau

1-Sokoto

1-Kebbi

2950 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 481

Deaths: 98

10 doctors test positive for Coronavirus in Kano after treating infected patients

10 doctors who work with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have reportedly tested positive for Coronavirus, after treating patients who came to the hospital with symptoms of Coronavirus.

Chairman of the hospital's branch of Association of Resident Doctors, Abubakar Nagoma confirmed this on Monday May 4. He told Premium Times that the affected health professionals include resident doctors who are undergoing training and consultant doctors.

Nagoma said;

“We have resident and consultant doctors that were tested positive of COVID-19 in Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
“About ten doctors are confirmed positive with COVID-19. Eight of them are already in isolation centre, while the remaining two are in self isolation at their homes because they do not have any symptom. All their close contact have been traced.
“There are more test results that are yet to be out for doctors and other health workers of the hospital that were screened last week. The number of those screened are almost hundred. We are expecting the results likely within the week to know the fate of health workers of the hospital."

He hinged the vulnerability of doctors to the disease on lack of adequate personal protective, non-use of face masks by patients when coming to hospitals and deliberate hoarding of information by some patients.

Nagoma added;

“On our part, we lack protective equipments. And you will see many doctors at accident and emergency unit of the hospital wearing only face masks. This is the only protection we have in addition to hand gloves and hand sanitiser. This is not the standard protection protocol guidelines according to NCDC. If you have any suspected (COVID-19) patient, you suppose to have boots, suit, face mask, goggle, cap and also a face shield. These are what is obtainable in a developed world and this the recommendation of National Centre for Disease Control. To be sincere we don’t have them on ground. We don’t have complete protective suit.
“Another thing, a lot of patients coming from various places within Kano, don’t come with a face mask. And some of them will present their background medical condition, and subsequently the symptoms of COVID-19 start manifesting later on. To some extent sometime, patients conceal information until after series of diagnosis, then you find symptoms of COVID-19. You are already exposed by then. It is unfortunate we are working in a very constrained environment.
“Then the patient turn out is too much. There are a lot of patients coming to the hospital. And they don’t use any barrier that will serve as protection between you and them.
“We have made so many requisition to the hospital to ensure constant provision of all the necessary protective equipments. In fact we even went to the extent of threatening the hospital that we will stop diagnosing patients if this equipment are not available. But you know as healthcare providers we cannot fold our arms watching our patients dying. We are always at forefront of seeing patients whether with or without the supply of what we requested. We are still pushing for this to be available. Even the hospital management are complaining they are yet to be supplied by the federal government. What is obtainable has already been exhausted.”

Kano has so far recorded 365 confirmed cases of Coronavirus and eight deaths.

Lagos records four new coronavirus deaths

The Lagos State Ministry of Health on Saturday confirmed four more COVID-19 related deaths in the state.

The ministry, which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, however, did not give additional information about the age, sex, nationality, and medical history of the deceased.

It said: “Unfortunately, four #COVID-19 deaths were recorded. This brings the total number of #COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos to 25.”

The ministry added that as of May 1, Lagos recorded 30 new cases of COVID-19, increasing the number of confirmed cases in the state to 1,022.

The ministry added: “26 #COVID-19 Lagos patients were discharged. Total discharged patients stand at 225.” (NAN)

#COVID19: 195 new cases confirmed in Nigeria

195 new cases of COVID19 reported;

80-Lagos

38-Kano

15-Ogun

15-Bauchi

11-Borno

10-Gombe

9-Sokoto

5-Edo

5-Jigawa

2-Zamfara

1-Rivers

1-Enugu

1-Delta

1-FCT

1-Nasarawa 

As at 11:50pm 28th April- 1532 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 255

Deaths: 44

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adds six symptoms to its COVID-19 list

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added six new symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19.

Before now, the known symptoms of Coronavirus are fever, cough, and shortness of breath are indications that someone might have the disease caused by the novel Coronavirus. But the CDC has now added six more conditions that may come with the disease: chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat and new loss of taste or smell.

According to CDC, the expanded symptoms list could prove important because with a limited number of test kits available, typically those seeking a test must first show symptoms.

NPR and other news outlets reported last month that loss of smell and taste were reported by some people with COVID-19. Patients with the disease caused by the coronavirus have also reported muscle pain, chills, and headache.

The symptoms usually appear within two to 14 days after exposure to the virus, the CDC says. It stresses the "emergency warning signs" for COVID-19 are trouble breathing, persistent pain or pressure in the chest, confusion, or inability to arouse. and bluish lips or face. People with any of these symptoms should seek medical attention immediately, the CDC says.

The coronavirus has proved highly contagious and potentially deadly, but the vast majority of people who become infected will show either no symptoms or only mild ones. The U.S., which has the highest number of confirmed cases in the world, is poised to cross the 1 million mark in coming days, with the number of deaths from the disease surpassing the annual death toll for pneumonia and flu, according to the CDC.

Six COVID19 patients discharged in Lagos

Six more COVID19 patients have been discharged from the Lagos state Isolation center. The state Commissioner for Health, Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Twitter this afternoon while giving an update of the pandemic in the state.

Lagos remains the epicenter of the Coronavirus pandemic with 703 confirmed cases.

4 new cases of Coronavirus confirmed in Ekiti state

The Ekiti State Government has confirmed 4 new cases of Coronavirus, bringing the total number of active cases in the state to five.

The new cases are said to be primary contacts of a 4th recorded case, who is the medical doctor that carried out surgery on a late Coronavirus patient. 

While the doctor is currently receiving treatment, the newly confirmed cases are currently stable and asymptomatic and have been transferred to the State’s Isolation Center in Ado-Ekiti. 

Here is a press statement signed by Governor Kayode Fayemi below; 

Ogun state to start face mask enforcement May 1; violators will spend 14 days in Isolation centers

As Nigeria continues to battle the Coronavirus pandemic, the Ogun State Government says it will begin enforcing the wearing of face masks in the state, as from May 1, 2020. 

The state governor, Dapo Abiodun disclosed this during a press conference in the state on Friday April 24. He said offenders of the compulsory face mask order will be arrested and made to spend 14 days in an Isolation center.

"We are working against the spread of this COVID-19. As from May 1, it will be compulsory for everybody in the State to wear face masks. We deliberately delayed enforcing it so that our people can have enough time to get their own. After May 1, anyone who fails to wear a face mask will be viewed as deliberately planning to infect others and will be arrested and put in our isolation centres.

Some of our confirmed cases are immigrants coming to our State through the land borders. The peculiarity of Ogun State put us at a vulnerable position. That means that just as we have advantages, we also have some disadvantages." he said

He added that the state has made testing booths available in border towns and highly populated areas for people, stating that the Intensive Care Unit, ICU at the 250-bed hospital at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, was ready for use, while the Molecular Laboratory for testing COVID-19 patients has been inspected by officials of the NIgeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC and the World Health Organisation, WHO.

Ogun state currently has 35 confirmed cases of COVID19. 

10 COVID-19 patients discharged in Lagos

10 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from the Lagos State Isolation center.

The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu who announced this via Twitter on Friday April 24, said the 10 discharged patients are three females and seven males including three foreigners, two Indians and one Filipino.

COVID-19: Over 40 Health Workers Test Positive

Osagie Ehanire, the minister of health, says over 40 health workers have tested positive for the coronavirus in Nigeria.
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Giving updates on Thursday during the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing, he urged frontline workers to always protect themselves when treating patients.
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“I urge you all to take the necessary precautions. Please do not try to treat patients without adequate PPE. This advice is necessary due to the number of health workers who have tested positive.
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They are over 40 now and some others have had to be quarantined in the last two weeks due to exposure and are therefore not able to contribute to the health sector efforts. I urge you all to remain vigilant in the line of duty,” he stated.

Lagos records two new COVID-19 related deaths

Lagos state has recorded two new COVID-19 related deaths.

The state Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, disclosed this on Twitter on Thursday afternoon, April 23.

This brings to 18 the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Lagos state.

91 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria - 74 in Lagos alone

91 new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 74 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 5 in Katsina, 4 in Ogun State, 2 in Delta state, 1 in Edo, 1 in Kwara and 1 in Oyo, 1 in FCT and 1 in Adamawa state.

As at 11:25 pm 22nd April, there are 873 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 197 Deaths: 28

See the breakdown as posted by the NCDC below.

Lagos state government discharges nine more COVID-19 patients

The Lagos state government has discharged nine more COVID-19 patients in the state.

This was announced in a tweet by Governor Sanwo-Olu’s Special Adviser on New Media, Jubril Gawat.

According to Jubril, the patients include five females, and four males which includes one Polish national. 107 COVID-19 patients have been discharged in the state. 

Thirty five new cases of Covid19 confirmed In Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Oyo

Thirty-five new cases of COVID19 have been reported as follows:

19 in Lagos

9 in FCT

5 in Kano

2 in Oyo

As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths