19th May covid19 report shows an additional 226 confirmed new cases across 16 states. This brings the total number of cases since the breakout of the disease to 6,401.
Breakdown of new cases across states:
- Lagos: 131
- Ogun: 25
- Plateau: 15
- Edo: 11
- Kaduna: 7
- Oyo: 6
- FCT: 5
- Adamawa: 5
- Jigawa: 4
- Ebonyi: 4
- Borno: 4
- Nasarawa: 3
- Bauchi: 2
- Gombe: 2
- Enugu: 1
- Bayelsa: 1
Highlights of total cases as at 19th May, 2020:
- Total tested: 36,899
- Confirmed: 6,401
- Currently active: 4,475
- Discharged: 1,734
- Deaths: 192
- Number of states with confirmed cases since the breakout of the disease: 34
Lagos State covid19 report as at 19th May 2020:
A covid19 patient was successfully delivered of a set of twins on the 19th of May. The delivery took place at the Lagos University Teaching hospital (LUTH) isolation centre.
Reports say that mother and child are in good condition.
Worldwide covid19 report as at 20th May, 5:30 am:
- Total cases since disease breakout: 4,988,933
- Deaths: 324,958
- Recovered: 1,959,149
- Active cases:2,704,826
- Closed cases(cases which had an outcome: 2,284,107)
- Recovered and discharged: 1,959,149 (86%)
- Deaths: 324,958 (14%)
US 19th May #COVID19 report:
President Donald Trump says he has continued to take the hydroxycholorquine medication. The drug has been touted by Trumps since initial reports that it had the potentials to cure covid19
His insistence on taking the medication is also in spite of the warnings against its use by the FDA. The agency issued the warning after researches showed that it was not useful.
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