The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says the nation is winning the war against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, said this on Monday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the taskforce.
Mustapha, however, said that the PTF had adopted an approach of “cautious optimism” and shall encourage Nigerians to do the same in view of the observed level of risk perception, skepticism, and general non-compliance with the Non Pharmaceutical Interventions (NPIs).
The SGF said that the focus of the next steps, in the national response, would be on consolidating the gains recorded as well as the preservation of lives and livelihood.
“The PTF continues to monitor developments in-country and around the world so as to improve on its activities and its decisions.
“A review of our situation in Nigeria within the last one week shows that scores of COVID-19 patients were discharged after recovering from the disease, leaving Nigeria with less than 4,000 active cases,” he said.
He maintained that 4,876 patients recovered and were discharged which represented a 388 per cent increase when compared with 967 people discharged in the previous week.
The chairman noted that cumulatively, a total of 56,611 patients had been discharged after treatment, as at date, representing 92 per cent of all cases since Nigeria recorded her index case in February.
He added that currently, Nigeria was managing around 3,704 patients in various isolation centers.
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