Tag: Covid-19 deaths
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Number of Nigerians who died from Cholera in 2021 doubles COVID-19 deaths from inception to date – NCDC DG
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that number of Nigerians who died of cholera since the beginning of the year 2021 is
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Lagos records 10 COVID-19 deaths in two days
Prof. Akin Abayomi, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health, says 10 persons have died from COVID-19 related complications in the state between August 24-25. Abayomi disclosed this in his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi on Thursday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for both days. He said that the 10 deaths recorded on the reported…
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Nigeria confirms three more COVID-19 deaths, 565 new cases
Three more persons died from COVID-19 and 565 new cases were confirmed in Nigeria on Friday, as the country continues its race to contain the third wave of the pandemic. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the new were spread across 17 states with Lagos accounting for most of them, followed by Rivers. Lagos,…
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Lagos records six COVID-19 deaths, 519 infections in two days
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state recorded six COVID-19 related deaths within two days. Abayomi made the disclosure through his Facebook account @ProfAkinolaAbayomi, on Sunday, while giving the state’s COVID-19 update for July 30 and July 31. He said that the deaths increased the state’s COVID-19 related mortality to…
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How Delta variant increased COVID-19 deaths by 80% in Africa — WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says COVID-19 deaths have increased by 80 per cent in the past one month in Africa, mostly driven by the highly-transmissible Delta variant. The Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said on Friday at his regular COVID-19 briefing that the Delta variant had been detected in at least 132 countries. Ghebreyesus said almost…
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WHO predicts more COVID-19 deaths by the end of 2020 Olympics
The World Health Organization (WHO) has predicted 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 by the end of the Tokyo Olympics. The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, started today after a delay a year ago due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of COVID-19 cases in Japan linked to the Games now stands at 79, NAN reports. World Health…
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Nigeria’s COVID-19 deaths near 2,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 16 additional COVID-19 related deaths, bringing the total number of deaths from the disease since its outbreak in the country to 1,939. The NCDC made the disclosure on its official Twitter handle late on Wednesday. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that Nigeria has so far recorded a total…
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Southern Nigeria accounts for 60% of COVID-19 deaths so far – NCDC
The latest COVID-19 situation report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown that the country’s Southern part accounts for 60 per cent of the total number of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The report revealed that as of January 24, the South-West recorded the highest number of deaths – 484,…
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UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson apologises, takes full responsibility as COVID-19 deaths surpass 100,000
United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Boris Johnson has offered his condolences to families bereaved by Coronavirus and said he took “full responsibility”, after the nation passed the grim milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. “It’s hard to compute the sorrow contained in that grim statistic, the years of life lost, the family gatherings not attended, and,…
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Nigeria records highest ever daily Covid-19 deaths, Oyo, Lagos suffer most
Nigeria on Thursday posted its highest COVID-19 deaths in a single day since the pandemic broke out in February 2020. Reports by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, showed that COVID-19 killed 23 Nigerians in the last 24 hours. The nation has never reported up to 20 deaths in a single day since the…