Worldmeter, a body which provides factual up-to-date information on COVID-19 pandemic, says the of number of persons who have now tested positive to the deadly infection globally have reached 20 million worldwide.
Worldometer also disclosed that 734,239 fatalities have been recorded so far globally.
According to the body, the tally of recoveries worldwide is currently 12,909,733.
The US tops the COVID-19 cases table with 5,199,444 cases, trailed by Brazil with 3,035,582 and India with 2,217,245.
In Africa, South Africa has the highest number of cases with 559,859.
Nigeria with 46,577 cases is among the top 50 countries with the highest rate of infections.
On Sunday, Nigeria’s COVID-19 recovery rate recorded a significant drop with less than 150 people discharged within 24 hours.
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But with 142 persons confirmed to have recovered from the disease on August 9, the number of discharged patients rose from 33,044 to 33,186.
A breakdown by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed Lagos topped the list of new infections with 107 cases, followed by the FCT with 91, and Plateau with 81, while Bauchi had the least figure with one new COVID-19 case.
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