Coronavirus: 83,385 infections, 2,858 deaths, 43,922 active cases, all you need to know as virus enters Nigeria

By OBINNA EZUGWU

Lagos State Ministry of Health has confirmed first case of the deadly Coronavirus in Nigeria, noting that it was brought in by an Italian national who flew into the state from Milan.

The Health Ministry which confirmed the case in a statement by its commissioner, Prof Akin Abayomi on Thursday February 27, 2020, noted that the Italian had fallen ill on February 26 and was transferred to Lagos State Biosecurity Facilities for isolation and testing.

The case, the commissioner noted, was confirmed as COVID-19 infection by the Virology Laboratory of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
The virus is currently spreading in Italy, the most affected country in Europe where there have been 655 cases of infections and 17 deaths

The virus which broke out in China in December 2019, had first case confirmed on January, 1, 2020.

It has infected 83,385 people across the globe mostly in China, South Korea, Japan and Iran.

Of this total, 36, 605 have recovered while 2,858 have died according to data from World Meters Information.
There are currently 43.922 active cases of the virus with 35,831 in mild condition and 8,091 in critical condition.
China, with 78,832 total cases is most affected. A total of 2,788 people have died in the most populous country in the world, while 36,208 have recovered.
At the moment, 7,952 people remain in critical condition.

South Korea is the second most affected country with 2,202 cases, 13 deaths and 24 recovered. 10 are in critical condition.

Italy has 655 cases with 17 deaths, 45 recovered and 56 in critical condition.

Iran has 245 cases, 26 deaths, 54 recovered and none in critical condition.

Japan has 214 cases, 4 deaths, 32 recovered and 13 in critical condition.

Singapore has 96 cases, 66 recovered and 8 in critical condition.

Others are Hong, 93, cases, 2 deaths, 18 recovered and 6 critical cases. USA with 60 cases, and 6 recovered. Germany, 49 cases, 16 recovered and 2 critical condition.

Other countries with recorded cases include Kuwait, 43; Thailand, 40; France, 38; Taiwan, 34; Bahrain 33; Spain 25; Australia 24; Malaysia 22; UAE 19; UK 16; Vietnam 16; Canada 14; Macao 10; Switzerland 8; Iraq 7; Sweden 7; Oman 6; Austria 5: Norway 4; Philippines, Croatia, Greece, India, Israel and Lebanon, 3 cases each.

Finland, Pakistan and Russia, 2 cases each. Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania, San Marino, Sri Lanka with one (1) cases each.

How the virus is spread:

Coronavirus is thought to spread mainly from person to person or between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet) through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.

These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs. It mayalso be possible that a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose, or possibly their eyes, but this is not thought to be the main way the virus spreads.