15 Nigerians die of coronavirus

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 1,303 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

In a tweet, the health agency said 15 persons also lost their lives.

To date, 124,299 cases have been confirmed, 99,276 cases discharged and 1522 deaths recorded across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Tuesday’s new cases were reported from 26 states, including Lagos (478), FCT (211), Nasarawa (83), Rivers (72), Kwara (42), Edo 36), Ondo (34), Benue (32), Kaduna (32), Katsina (26), Plateau (26), Kano (25), Taraba (25), Osun (22), Delta (21), Oyo (21), Niger (19), Sokoto (18), Ebonyi (17), Ekiti (14), Gombe (13), Ogun (12), Bauchi (11), Zamfara (8), Borno (4) and Jigawa (1).

At least 99,631,810 cases of coronavirus have been registered. Of these, at least 60,485,100 are now considered recovered, Channels TV said.

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 Monday, 9,666 new deaths and 492,081 new cases were recorded worldwide.

Based on latest reports, the countries with the most new deaths were the United States with 1,733, followed by Germany with 903 and Spain with 767.