Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21
Gerald O. Glenn, a Virginia bishop who defied his state’s social distancing recommendations and boasted about his church’s packed pews amid the coronavirus pandemic, died over the weekend of complications from the virus, his church announced on Facebook on Sunday. Glenn’s wife also tested positive for the illness, known as COVID-19. The couple’s daughter has since urged the public to “understand the severity and the seriousness” of the virus. 💔Bishop G.O. Glenn has died of complications from COVID-19, New Deliverance Evangelistic Church officials announced during Easter Sunday services. "April the 11th at 9 p.m., our father, Bishop Gerald Glenn transitioned from labor to reward." https://t.co/EvVb3ruAW1 — WTVR CBS 6 Richmond (@CBS6) April 12, 2020 Glenn, 66, was the founder and pastor of New Deliverance Evangelical Church in Chesterfield, about 20 miles south of Richmond. On March 22, in the last known in-person sermon he delivered at the church,