The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has on Monday reported that the nation has confirmed 245 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), pandemic outbreak in the country as Lagos gets the highest number.
According to their tweet the figures and states are ; ” 245 new cases of #COVID19;
76-Lagos
37-Katsina
32-Jigawa
23-Kano
19-FCT
18-Borno
10-Edo
9-Bauchi
6-Adamawa
5-Oyo
5-Ogun
1-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Benue
1-Niger
1-Zamfara
2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in NigeriaDischarged: 417
Deaths: 93.
The Disease control center also added that they had employed more hands to handle the infected persons.
“We are rapidly increasing the number of frontline workers trained to respond to #COVID19 in all 36 states & FCT.
In the last three weeks, we trained over 8000 health workers, focusing on infection prevention and control.”