The Kwara Government says 13 more persons have tested positive to Coronavirus (COVID-19), while two patients were discharged having tested negative to the virus twice. The Chief Press Secretary to the Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Spokesman of the Technical Committee on COVID-19, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Ilorin. According to him, the additional 13, brings to 199 the total number of confirmed cases with 124 patients discharged and...

The Rivers Government has expressed deep worry that the state could gradually become the next epicentre of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) with a rising number of positive cases of the pandemic. Consequently, the state government has imposed a total lockdown of Bonny Local Government Area and Onne community in Eleme Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Paulinus Nsirim, in...

Nasarawa Government says it is converting the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Magaji Dan Yamusa Orientation Camp in Keffi Local Government Area of the state to an isolation centre. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Mr Yahaya Ahmed, announced this at a news conference shortly after an expanded review meeting on Coronavirus (COVID-19) held in Lafia on Thursday. He said that the centre would cater for the high increase of positive cases in the state, especially...

Oyo State has recorded its highest single-day increase in new coronavirus cases after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced 103 new cases in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new figures raise the number of confirmed cases in the state to 764. The NCDC tally for June 18 indicated that the state holds the fourth spot for confirmed coronavirus cases with Lagos, FCT and Kano leading...