Nigeria records 474 COVID-19 cases, total now 70,669

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 474 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday.

In a Twitter update via its verified handle, the government agency said there are now 70,669 confirmed cases of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus in Nigeria.

A total number of 65, 242 people it said, have so far been discharged from hospital, while the number of deaths so far is 1,184.

474 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-180
Lagos-134
Kebbi-45
Adamawa-26
Plateau-16
Enugu-14
Taraba-14
Gombe-12
Nasarawa-8
Yobe-8
Rivers-5
Ogun-5
Kwara-2
Ekiti-2
Sokoto-2
Osun-1

70,669 confirmed
65,242 discharged
1,184 deaths pic.twitter.com/0PJYG8VipU

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) December 9, 2020

South Africa’s health minister said the country has officially entered a second wave as it reported more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.

According to the CBC, South Africa has been the hardest-hit country on the continent, with more than 828,000 confirmed cases and more than 22,000 deaths so far.

As of Wednesday, there were more than 68.6 million cases of COVID-19 reported worldwide, with more than 44.1 million of those considered recovered or resolved, according to a coronavirus tracking tool maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The global death toll stood at more than 1.5 million.