Coronavirus kills over 300,000 globally as Gombe lifts ban

Over 300,000 people have now died from coronavirus and close to 4.5million have been infected by Thursday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University which estimated the death toll as 300,074.

Another tracking site, worldometers.info gave the fatalities as 301,024 as at 1900 GMT.

While John Hopkins estimated global coronavirus cases at 4,405,688, worldometers also set the figure at 4,489,460 as the United States leads the grim statistics.

There have been over 1.4 million confirmed cases in the country and more than 85,000 deaths. Spain with 272,000 cases and Russia with 252,245 are the hardest-hit by the virus after U.S.

However, the UK with 233,151 cases has the biggest death toll in Europe, with 33,614 deaths. It is followed by Italy with 223,096 cases and 31,368 deaths.

Meanwhile, Governor Inuwa Yahaya announced the lifting of the suspension on Thursday in Gombe after a meeting with religious leaders in the state.

Yahaya said the decision followed assurances from the religious leaders to comply with all health directives on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Yahaya noted that the restriction imposed by the state government to contain community spread of the disease had yielded results.