Nigeria’s coronavirus cases top 1,000, as Gombe confirms 21 new cases
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria has crossed 1,000 as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC recorded 114 new cases on Friday. The total confirmed cases in Nigeria reached 1095 as NCDC confirmed 80 new cases in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT. Zamfara ad Edo recorded two each. Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna […]
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State (right) with the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, during their meeting to discuss the state’s response to increase in COVID-19 cases Photo: NAN
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria has crossed 1,000 as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC recorded 114 new cases on Friday.
The total confirmed cases in Nigeria reached 1095 as NCDC confirmed 80 new cases in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, 5 in FCT. Zamfara ad Edo recorded two each.
Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto confirmed one case each.
“114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 80 in Lagos; 21 in Gombe; 5 in FCT; 2 in Zamfara; 2 in Edo; 1 in Ogun; 1 in Oyo; 1 in Kaduna; 1 in Sokoto. As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 208 Deaths: 32,” the NCDC posted on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov.
Nigeria has recorded confirmed COVID-19 cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The breakdown of the cases are Lagos-657; FCT-138; Kano-73; Ogun-35; Gombe-30; Katsina-21; Osun-20; Edo-19; Oyo-18; Borno-12; Kwara-11 and Akwa Ibom-11.
Others are Kaduna-10; Bauchi-8; Delta-6; Ekiti-4; Ondo-3; Rivers-3; Jigawa-2; Enugu-2; Niger-2; Abia-2; Zamfara-2; Sokoto-2; Benue-1; Anambra-1; Adamawa-1
and Plateau-1.
Following the continuous rise in the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, the 36 state governor have agreed to enforce a 14-day lockdown to halt the spread of the disease.
The Federal Government has said that the results of the COVID-19 tests carried out on the 15-member Chinese medical team that came into the country a little over two weeks ago are not ready.
As governments around the world fight hard to halt the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, there are about 15 countries on earth without any reported COVID-19 cases.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa says the number of COVID-19 deaths in the WHO African Region has increased to 1, 200.
Meanwhile the death toll in Britain from the coronavirus outbreak neared 20,000 on Friday as the government faced calls for greater transparency for its exit strategy from stringent social distancing measures.
The health ministry said 684 more people had died in the 24-hour period to 1600 GMT on Thursday, taking the number of deaths for COVID-19 in hospital to 19,506.
The figure is more than the 616 reported the previous day and comes after the government claimed the virus had hit its peak and was trending downwards.