Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Monday confirmed 136 new coronavirus cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in a statement via its verified Twitter handle, said the new infections were recorded in 12 states and the FCT.
According to the health agency, Lagos reported 71 cases, followed by Rivers -23 and Plateau -12.
Others include with new infections include, Adamawa-6, Oyo -6, Kaduna –5, Abia -3, FCT –3, Katsina -2, Kwara –2, Bauchi, Borno, and Edo recorded -1 case each.
According to the NCD, Nigeria currently has 58,460 confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus, with 49,895 recoveries and 1,111 fatalities.
–Coronavirus death toll hits 1M worldwide
Meanwhile, there have been over 1 million coronavirus-associated deaths worldwide since the illness was first reported in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
In January, as the virus began to spread outside of the country’s borders, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared it a global health emergency, but it wasn’t officially deemed a global pandemic until March.
Since then, the world has been watching as companies race to develop a vaccine, and numerous countries issued lockdowns in hopes of containing the virus’ spread and cutting down on the number of fatalities, but outbreaks at nursing homes and other care facilities added thousands to the death toll. Advancements in testing capabilities and contact tracing allowed for some return to normalcy, but not without officials warning of risk and governors issuing a series of mandates for face coverings and social distancing.
Still, as countries reopened borders and loosened the coronavirus-related restrictions on travel, dining and other social events, health officials sounded the alarm over possible spikes in cases and the danger of a second wave.
“As we get into the fall and the winter, you really want the level of community spread to be as low as you possibility get it,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, America’s leading infectious disease expert and face of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, said recently. “There’s certainly parts of the country that are doing well, but there are states that are starting to show an uptick in cases and even some increases in hospitalizations in some states. And, I hope not, but, we very well might start seeing increases in deaths.”
Fauci said now is the time to “double down” on enforcing public health measures in an effort to avoid having another shutdown in the U.S.
In the U.K., a number of regions have been forced to re-enter a lockdown period following a spike in positive COVID-19 test results, and WHO’s regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, said it should serve as a “wake-up call” to others who may be experiencing “quarantine fatigue.”
“Weekly cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in Europe in March,” Kluge said, according to the New York Post. “Although these numbers reflect more comprehensive testing, it also shows alarming rates of transmission across the region.”
The U.S., which has had over 7.1 million cases of COVID-19 and has made massive strides in testing capabilities since the outbreak first began, currently leads the world in coronavirus-related deaths with nearly 205,000 fatalities, while Brazil follows with almost 142,000 coronavirus-associated deaths.
With Foxnews report
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