COVID-19 Global Cases Over 6.39m
- 35,812 in South Africa
- 8,297 cases in Ghana
- Equatorial Guinea sacks WHO official
Africa COVID-19 update as at 23:00 West African Time (WAT) on Wednesday June 3, 2020
Latest figures published by Johns Hopkins University indicate that about 6,390,085 cases have been detected worldwide, with 383,226 deaths and 2,771,084 people now recovered.
Nigeria has 11,166 cases with 314 deaths; South Africa reports 35,812 cases and 755 deaths; while Ghana has a record of 8,297 cases and 38 deaths
Equatorial Guinea Sacks WHO Rep Over COVID-19 Stats
Equatorial Guinea has joined Burundi as two of the countries that have asked World Health Organization country representatives to leave their territories.
AFP, which reported the development, cited a document from the country’s Foreign Ministry and a source at the UN health agency.
According to the reports, the issue is believed to be related to false COVID-19 statistics allegedly issued by WHO concerning the West African nation.
WHO representative, Triphonie Nkurunziza, is accused of “falsifying” the country’s tally of coronavirus cases.
Dr Nkurunziza however remains in Malabo for now because there are no outbound flights.
“We don’t have a problem with the WHO, we have a problem with the WHO’s representative in Malabo,” Prime Minister Pascual Obama Asue, told the Senate late last week.
Lagos Discharges 20 COVIP-19 patients
Lagos State government announced on Wednesday, June 3, 2020 that 20 more coronavirus patients have been discharged from different isolation centres across the State.
With this latest figure, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos now stands at 928 patients
The Health Ministry confirmed the figures as 14 males and six females who are all Nigerians.
The Ministry explained that eleven (11) patients were treated and discharged from Gbagada; eight (8) from Eti-Osa and one (1) from Agidingbi Isolation Centres.
It said that now out of the isolation facilities, the patients have reunited with their families and society after testing negative twice for the virus.
