ENUGU –– For the past week, the number of laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 has increased almost on a daily basis. As of Thursday 2nd July 2020, 66 new laboratory-confirmed cases were recorded bringing the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Enugu State to 327; 192 are still on treatment, 126 discharged. Three more persons lost their lives to this dreadful virus bringing the total number of fatalities in the state to 9. A...

ENUGU — The increasing levels of new daily COVID-19 cases in Nigeria are due to the fact that testing has improved at the same time the pandemic is peaking in the big countries, as reports of the virus’ global activity by the World Health Organization indicate. Sadly, the number of confirmed cases of covid19 in Enugu State as revealed by the Commissioner for Health, Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu on Thursday has risen to 202 as 28...

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has constituted a 12-man Ad hoc Expert Medical Advisory committee as recommended by Nigeria Medical Association, Enugu State chapter. The committee is saddled with the responsibility to proffer effective measures for de-escalation of the pandemic in the state. The Constitution of the committee is coming in the wake of the recent rise in number of COVID-19 cases in the state. As of 22nd June 2020, Enugu State recorded 68 new cases of...

The Enugu State Ministry of Health has confirmed 19 new cases of COVID-19 in the state bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 76. While 44 cases are still on admission, 27 have been discharged and 5 deaths in Enugu State. The new 19 cases were confirmed barely two days after 22 cases were confirmed. In Nigeria, 490 new confirmed cases were recorded as on 16th of June, 2020 bringing the...