COVID-19 cases

COVID-19: Nigerians Shouldn’t Relax Yet – Ooni Of Ife

September 5, 2020 8:42 am

Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has warned Nigerians against relaxing in the observation of necessary protocols as COVID-19 cases continue to drop.

Ogunwusi told State House correspondents after a courtesy visit to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Friday.

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The monarch said he was hopeful that COVID-19 pandemic will soon end and people will return to normal lives and activities.

“No, we cannot relax; it is not possible; COVID-19 is real; we have to keep protecting ourselves.

“ We have to

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No Respite Yet As World COVID-19 Cases Surpass 16million

July 26, 2020 5:13 am

Global COVID-19 cases accelerated beyond the 16 million mark on Saturday night, just three days after reaching the 15 million milestone.

According to data compiled by worldometers.info, confirmed cases of the virus are now 16,205,503.

The death toll also spiralled up to 648,476.

Recovery number is however more than 60 percent, at 9,914,063.

According to Reuters, almost 40 countries reported record single-day increases in coronavirus infections over the past week, around double the number that did so the previous week.

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The Reuters tally showed a pick-up in the pandemic …

U.S. Posts New World Record COVID-19 Cases In Single Day

July 3, 2020 7:11 am

The U.S. posted another single day record smashing 57,236 COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as infections rose in 37 states.

The new record was the latest proof that the coronavirus pandemic, once thought to be waning, was again spreading rapidly in the world’s biggest economy.

On Wednesday, the U.S. had posted 51,097 cases.

There are fears that it can post single day 100,000 cases.

The U.S. now has 2,837,189 cases of the virus, with the record death toll of 131,485.

More than three dozen U.S. states saw a rise in COVID-19 cases on Thursday,

Florida, among the states hardest hit by …