Breaking: 238 New Coronavirus Cases Recorded In Nigeria As Kano Records Highest Number Second Day In A Row
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 238 new Coronavirus cases in the country.
This was announced by the centre in its daily COVID-19 report via a tweet on Friday night.
NCDC in its report stated that;
238 new cases of #COVID19;
92-Kano
36-FCT
30-Lagos
16-Gombe
10-Bauchi
8-Delta
6-Oyo
5-Zamfara
5-Sokoto
4-Ondo
4-Nasarawa
3-Kwara
3-Edo
3-Ekiti
3-Borno
3-Yobe
2-Adamawa
1-Niger
1-Imo
1-Ebonyi
1-Rivers
1-Enugu2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 351
Deaths: 68 pic.twitter.com/0sWoV3sATV— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 1, 2020
As at Thursday night, Nigeria had recorded 1932 cases, 319 discharged patients and 58 deaths.
However, with the new cases recorded, the total Coronavirus cases have now increased to 2170, 351 discharged and 68 deaths across the country.
Meanwhile, the Director-General of Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu on Friday announced that the agency is currently tracing about 12,000 persons who have had contact with confirmed cases of COVID-19.
Dr Ihekweazu who made this known while responding to questions from journalists at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) briefing on COVID-19 added that this figure is however fluid as the contacts increase daily.
He stressed that;
The number of contacts is very fluid because with every new case, there is a new contact. But we are following up about cumulatively 12,000 contacts across the country from the beginning of the outbreak.
The NCDC also applauded the effort of essential workers as the country celebrates Workers’ Day, saying;
“To all essential workers in Nigeria. You are the pride of our nation. We need you to keep pushing. Please do not give up”
Watch DG @Chikwe_I show appreciation to all workers in Nigeria, and share his experience in leading the #NCDCTeam
Happy #WorkersDay pic.twitter.com/8qZw5rbNzS
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 1, 2020
