Total confirmed covid19 figures as at 13th July is 33,153. This comes with an additional 595 new cases recorded across 20 states.
13,671 cases have been successfully managed and discharged while 744 deaths are so far recorded.
Breakdown of new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; across states:
- Lagos: 156
- Oyo: 141
- FCT: 99
- Edo: 47
- Kaduna: 27
- Ondo: 22
- Rivers: 20
- Osun: 17
- Imo: 13
- Plateau: 10
- Nasarawa: 8
- Anambra: 8
- Kano: 5
- Benue: 5
- Borno: 5
- Ogun: 4
- Taraba: 3
- Gombe: 3
- Kebbi: 1
- Cross Rivers: 1
Breakdown of total cases as at 13th July:
- Samples tested: 183,294
- Confirmed cases: 33,153
- Currently active: 18,738
- Recovered and discharged: 13,671
- Deaths: 744
Deaths that occurred on the 13th July by states:
4 deaths were recorded on the 13th of July across 4 states –
- Lagos: 1
- FCT: 1
- Edo: 1
- Osun: 1
Analysis of total cases by states:
National news as at 13th July, 2020:
The Director General of the National Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has disclosed that covid19 can be transmitted through the air.
Speaking during the Presidential Taks Force on covid19, he said that : “Over the past few weeks, increasing evidence has emerged that in addition to droplet infections, we cannot rule out that airborne transmission is also possible as a mode of transmission of covid19.
Ihekweazu added that “understanding the modes of transmission of any new virus is very critical for defining response strategies. For covid19, from the very beginning, our understanding based on other coronaviruses that spread was primarily through droplets.”
Worldwide covid19 figures as at 14th July, 7:00am:
- Total reported cases: 13,240,715
- Deaths: 575,601
- Recovered and discharged: 7,707,191
- Currently active: 4,957,923
- Closed cases (cases that had an outcome): 8,282,792
- Recovered and discharged: 7,707,191 (93%)
- Deaths: 575,601 (7%)
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