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Regional News of Sunday, 19 July 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

COVID-19: South-West records 50% cases, 32% deaths

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The South-West has recorded 17,744 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, representing 50 per cent of the 35,454 total cases nationwide as of Friday.

According to the COVID-19 situation report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, the South-West also recorded 4,016 (27.4%) out of the 14,633 discharged nationwide, and 249 (32.3%) out of 772 deaths in the country.

In the region, Lagos had the most number of cases at 13,226. The NCDC said 1,958 had been discharged while 176 had died.

The South-South followed with over 5,200 cases, representing 15 per cent of total COVID-19 cases and over 160 deaths (22%).

The North Central came third with over 4,300 cases (12%), including more than 1,500 discharged (10.8%) and over 90 deaths (11.9%).

The North-West recorded more than 3,700 confirmed cases in total (10.6%) with over 2,800 discharged (19.6%) and over 125 deaths (16.5%).

On the other hand, the South-East had over 2,200 total cases (6.3%), with over 1,370 discharged (9.5%) and more than 40 deaths (6.2%).

The North-East was the least endemic region with over 1,800 cases (5.3%), over 1,580 discharged (11%) and more than 85 deaths (11%).

Meanwhile, the NCDC recorded 653 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number of cases to 36,107. The number of discharged and deaths were 14,938 and 778 respectively.

Lagos had the most new cases at 115; Kwara, 85; Enugu, 80; Federal Capital Territory, 78; Rivers, 36; Ondo, 35; Oyo, 30; and Katsina, 28.

Kaduna, 19; Abia, 19; Nasarawa, 18; Plateau, 17; Imo, 16. Ogun, Ebonyi, Benue and Kano had 9 each; Delta, 8; Bauchi, 7; and Ekiti, 6.

Gombe, Bayelsa, Adamawa and Osun had 4 cases each, while Cross River, Yobe, Borno and Zamfara had 1 case each.

Globally, more than 14 million people have tested positive for COVID-19 while nearly 600,000 people have died.