Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 1.63m

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent has reached 1,636,748 as of Sunday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, a specialised healthcare agency of African Union Commission, said in a statement that the number of deaths due to illnesses related to the pandemic […]

NCDC reports 160 new COVID-19 infections in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 160 fresh Coronavirus infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official twitter handle on Saturday. According to the NCDC, the country has conducted about 532,765 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the coronavirus pandemic was announced. The agency noted that the […]