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Vice President Mike Pence hailed “remarkable progress” toward returning the nation to normalcy at the first public briefing of the coronavirus task force in nearly two months on Friday, a day the U.S. saw a new high for coronavirus cases recorded. “We have made truly remarkable progress in moving our nation forward,” Pence told reporters at a briefing held at the Department of Health and Human Services. “We’ve all seen the encouraging news as we open up America again — more than 3 million jobs created in the last jobs report and retail sales are rolling.” Pence said that “all 50 states are opening up safely and responsibly,” but “with cases rising, particularly over the past week throughout the South,” President Trump had asked him to brief the nation on the ongoing emergency. In some of the states where cases are rising fastest, notably Texas and Florida, governors have slowed or reversed measures to reopen businesses and relax social distancing rules. On Friday, the country reported

The number of new confirmed  coronavirus  cases in the United States surged to an all-time high with 45,300 new cases reported on Friday, according to  a tally  by Johns Hopkins University. That's up from  40,000 new cases  reported a day earlier. The spike comes more than three months since the first wave mostly struck cities in the country's north and east – and then declined. Thirty-one states have reported jumps in cases compared to two weeks ago, Michael George reports for "CBS This Morning: Saturday." Big increases in COVID-19 cases are now being reported across the Sun Belt. In Texas and Florida, two of the nation's largest states, governors are reversing course and tightening restrictions after coronavirus numbers jumped following their reopenings. Texas reported that more than 5,100 coronavirus patients are currently hospitalized – a record high for the 15th consecutive day. Hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, located in Harris County in the heart of H

Lagos State recorded the highest daily COVID-19 infections in the country on Thursday with 159 new cases. This is according to a late-night tweet on the official handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which noted that the country had 594 fresh cases of the virus for the day. A breakdown of the latest figures from the NCDC revealed that Nigeria now has 22, 614 COVID-19 cases. According to the health agency, Delta State had the second highest infections for the day with 106 cases and is followed by Ondo State (44), FCT (34), Edo (34) and  Oyo (33). Other states with fresh cases of the virus are as follows: Kaduna (33), Enugu (28), Katsina, (25), Imo (22) Adamawa (15),  Ogun (12), Osun (11) Abia (8), amd Rivers (6). The remaining states with new COVID-19 cases are Nasarawa (5), Bauchi (5), Niger (5), Kebbi (4), Ekiti (3), Plateau (1), Taraba (1). Of the number of total infections in the country,  7,822 have been discharged with 549 deaths recorded. NCDC @NCDCgov 594 new c

Nigeria has recorded 649 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus rose to 22, 020. This was confirmed on Wednesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). According to the health agency, new cases were reported in 21 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Statistics from the NCDC shows that Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus with 250 cases, closely followed by Oyo State with 100 cases. Similarly, Plateau and Delta both have 40 cases. Other states with reported cases are Abia (28), Kaduna (27), Ogun (22), Edo (20), Akwa Ibom (18) and Kwara (17). While Imo and Kano reported fewer cases with one each, Enugu recorded 14 cases, Niger and Adamawa both share 13 cases. States with low cases include Bayelsa (7), Osun and Bauchi each having 6 cases, Anambra (4), Gombe (3) and Sokoto (2). Meanwhile, the FCT recorded 17 cases. However, the number of deaths increased from 533 reported on Tuesday to 542. On the contr

Nigeria has recorded eight new COVID-19 deaths and 452 fresh cases in the country. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Tuesday via Twitter. NCDC confirmed the new cases in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Giving a breakdown of the figures, Lagos leads other states with 209 cases, followed by Oyo with 67 cases and Delta with 37 cases. Similarly, Ogun recorded 36 cases, Abia (20), Enugu (16), Bauchi (15). Meanwhile, Kaduna and Ondo recorded 8 cases respectively, Osun (7) with Benue and Imo each recording (3) cases. While the FCT has 22 cases, Borno, however, has the least figure with just 1 case. This brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 21,371 with the number of discharged patients to 7, 338. NCDC ✔ @NCDCgov 452 new cases of # COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-209 Oyo-67 Delta-37 Ogun-36 FCT-22 Abia-20 Enugu-16 Bauchi-15 Kaduna-8 Ondo-8 Osun-7 Imo-3 Benue-3 Borno-1 21,371 confirmed 7,338 discharged 533 deaths 1,685 11:30 PM