Coronavirus: World record hits over 1 million as US death toll increases

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the United States confirmed over 1,000 cases of coronavirus deaths for the second day in a row, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

The record-breaking figure of 1,973 deaths (slightly higher than the previous day’s toll of 1,939) bringing the total number of US death toll to 14,695.

This development is coming as the number of cases of the virus across the world hit over 1.5 million, according to Worldometers.

Worldometers is a website which provides official figures on the pandemic; as at 11:00am on Thursday, the number of coronavirus cases recorded globally is 1,521,253.

The infection has spread to at least 204 countries and territories since the first case was confirmed in last year in December in Wuhan, China.

Globally, about 332,083 patients have recovered from the disease, which is about 22% of the total figure, while 88,592 persons have died from it — 6%.

The worst-hit countries in terms of recorded deaths are Italy with 17,669,  the US with 14,797, and Spain with 17,792 deaths cases.

But in terms of confirmed cases, the US with 435,160 patients has more cases than Spain, Italy, Germany and Canada combined.

While Spain has 148,220 cases, Italy has 139,422, Germany 113,296, and Canada 19,438.

There is currently no cure or vaccine for COVID-19, though the World Health Organisation (WHO) said more than 50 attempts for a vaccine is ongoing.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 276 cases of the virus in the country.

Then, 44 patients have been discharged, six persons have died from the disease in the country