Atletico Madrid say two individuals have tested positive for coronavirus before Thursday’s Champions League quarter-final against RB Leipzig in Lisbon. The Spanish club said the unnamed individuals are isolating at home. The positive cases were discovered after first-team players and…
437 new Nigerian COVID-19 cases, as numbers rise to 46,577
As of Sunday, August 9, Nigeria recorded 437 new COVID-19 cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections now stand at 46,577. The NCDC made the announcement via its twitter handle, adding that 945…
453 new Nigerian COVID-19 cases, as numbers rise to 46,140
Nigeria recorded 453 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections now stand at 46,140. The NCDC made the announcement via its twitter handle, adding that 942 people have so far…
Kipruto tests positive for coronavirus, misses Monaco Diamond League
Olympic and world 3,000m steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto will miss the first Diamond League event of the season in Monaco after testing positive for coronavirus. Kipruto, 25, had been one of 11 Kenyan athletes cleared to compete on 14 August…
443 new Nigerian COVID-19 cases
Nigeria recorded 443 new COVID-19 cases Friday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections now stand at 45,687. The NCDC, which made the announcement via its twitter handle, also announced 936 as the total…
Nigeria’s coronavirus case numbers surpass 45,000
Nigeria recorded 354 new coronavirus cases Thursday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections now stand at 45,244. The NCDC, which made the announcement via its twitter handle, also announced 930 as the total…
Nigeria’s coronavirus case numbers rise by 457 to 44,890 with 927 deaths
Nigeria’s coronavirus infections recorded a rise by 457 new cases Wednesday as reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections now stand at 44,890. The NCDC, which made the announcement via its twitter handle, also…
Another 304 people catch coronavirus in Nigeria, bringing total to 44,433
Nigeria’s coronavirus outbreak recorded 304 new cases Tuesday as reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The numbers had dipped for two days before returning to the new figure bringing Nigeria’s confirmed coronavirus infections to 44,433. The NCDC,…
Coronavirus: Nigeria’s case numbers decline further, reports 288 infections across country
On a day when Latin America reportedly broke through five million confirmed cases of COVID-19, with death toll of over 200,000 and the World Health Organisation’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there might never be a “silver bullet” for the…
Nigeria records 304 infections as global coronavirus cases cross 18 million mark
Nigeria’s coronavirus outbreak is continuing to subside with 304 new cases reported Sunday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Even as the case numbers are rising daily in the United States of America and Brazil, the two…