The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are over 2.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent. The UN health agency gave the update on its regional official Twitter on Thursday. WHO stated on its dashboard that there were over 2.9 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent – with more than 1.6 million recoveries and 69,000 deaths cumulatively. According to the dashboard, South Africa reported...

Nigeria recorded 1,664 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 94,369. the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said. The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the daily increase was a new record and considerably higher than Tuesday’s 1,354 confirmed cases. It said that 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded the new infections with Lagos having the highest...

The Chairman Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Barr Boss Mustapha says 731 members of Batch B Corps Members have tested positive for COVID-19. He stated this at the National Briefing in Abuja, adding that there was a rising rate of infections among health workers. “In continuation of the NYSC engagement, the PTF has conducted the testing of Batch B Corps Members using RDTs. “Out of the 35,419...

Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections to 91,351. The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its verified website. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  reports that Nigeria recorded 1,145 cases on Dec. 18, 2020. The centre also announced seven deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the country’s death toll to 1,318. It stated that three of the deaths occurred in...