The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday, confirmed 195 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID- 19) in the country. This brings the total number of infections in Nigeria to 1,532. The NCDC, in a tweet at about 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday, said that the 195 new infections recorded were, 80-Lagos, 38-Kano, 15-Ogun, 15-Bauchi, 11-Borno, 10-Gombe, 9-Sokoto, 5-Edo, 5-Jigawa, 2-Zamfara, and one each from Rivers, Enugu, Delta, FCT, and  Nasarawa States. According to the...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday said its target is to have two million Nigerians get tested in the next three months. The NCDC DG, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu disclosed this at the daily media briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He also raised concerns about the COVID-19 cases in Kano and the increasing number of deaths in the state. He said that the FG would step up testing and...

Consequent to the successful treatment and discharge of the first two reported cases of COVID-19 patients in Enugu, the jubilation of a COVID-19 free Enugu State was short-lived as a new case is confirmed. A statement signed by the Commissioner of Health, Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, revealed that the confirmed case travelled out of Enugu on the 28th of March 2020 and returned from Jos, Plateau State, 2 weeks ago (14th April 2020); the patient also...

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has announced the death of three COVID-19 patients in the state. Tambuwal who disclosed this in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Muhammad Bello noted that all the three victims had a history of other diseases such as diabetes, asthma, and high blood pressure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state’s Chairman of the Taskforce Committee on COVID-19, Dr....

Of the five cases recorded in Delta state, two have recovered and have been discharged. Delta state governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa disclosed. In a tweet, the governor stated that two COVID-19 cases have recorded while the other 3 are currently receiving treatments. “Dear Deltans, it is my pleasure to announce the discharge of two of the five #covid-19 patients in our state .” He urged all citizens within the to adhere strictly to the...

Fresh facts emerge that the ceased Kano State COVID-19 testing centre is set to resume its operations, this Tuesday just as newly reported cases hikes across the country. The Kano centre, domiciled at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, had ceased operations, following the exhaustion of testing kits and other logistics. However, while briefing by Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, assured that Kano...