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COVID-19: The World Records More Than 1 million Cases & 50, 000 Deaths In 5-days

Editor TellAfrica

A million new cases of coronavirus were confirmed across the globe in 5 days, a milestone that not just reflects the pathogen’s devastating spread but also the upscale in testing. On Sunday, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 cases across the world have crossed 20 million thresholds. The tally shot to over 21 million as of Thursday night, accordind to information from Worldometers. The average number of daily new cases over the past five days was nearly 200, 000, higher than ever, even as the average weekly number of…

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COVID-19: 24 Countries With No Death Record Since Pandemic

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Seven months since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus with more than 20 million people infected across the world, according to data from Worldometer. The coronavirus having emanated from a local Wuhan market in China last December had spread to over 200 countries and has claimed over 750,000 lives. The virus had broken in all seven continents, save for the Antarctica which has a population of between 1,000 and 5,000 depending on the season. Despite the outbreak with at least a confirmed case of the virus in several countries, 24…

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COVID-19 World Update: 1,266,782 Person Infected Globally with 261,132 Recovered Cases; 1New Death, 18 New cases, 232 Infected Persons in Nigeria

Gbemisola Bisi-Taiwo

According to World statistics on Sunday 5 April 2020, a new COVID-19 related death has occured and 18 new cases of the virus in Nigeria. This brings to a total of 232 cases; 5 deaths, 33 recovered cases, 194 active cases, and 2 critical cases. While the the total number of infected persons globally has risen to 1,266,782. While there are 65,329 new cases, 69, 177 deaths with 4,489 death today. 261,132 people have recovered globally however with, 473 active cases and 45, 530 critical cases in the world. See graphic…

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