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Breaking: NCDC records 148 new cases of COVID-19

By Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2020 99 No comment

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said Nigeria now has 2950 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with ninety eight deaths

The NCDC made this known on its Twitter handle on Tuesday.

It said that 148 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Nigeria and of the 148 news cases Lagos. which is the epicenter in Nigeria reported 43 news cases followed by Kano with 32 new cases.

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The NCDC said: 148 new cases of #COVID19; 43-Lagos 32-Kano 14-Zamfara 10-FCT 9-Katsina 7-Taraba 6-Borno 6-Ogun 5-Oyo 3-Edo 3-Kaduna 3-Bauchi 2-Adamawa 2-Gombe 1-Plateau 1-Sokoto 1-Kebbi

Also the Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbeshola has cautioned Nigerians to remain indoors, saying gradual easing of lockdown does not mean the pandemic is over.

Aregbeshola said this at the public presentation of the fourth edition of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) annual report since the commencement of the administration in 2016 on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Minister urged people to remain indoors and avoid crowded places to help fight collectively the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

“Don’t visit, stay in your house, don’t attend parties so as to curtail the deadly virus affecting Nigeria and the world at large.

“The issue of COVID-19 is beyond ourselves. I want to appeal to Nigerians to exhibit a sense of responsibility in the fight against COVID-19.

“We must all survive this pandemic. Let us ensure physical and social distancing with all our strength. It is also with the strength of our economy that we all can survive.

“Let us collectively confront through responsible ways to ban COVID-19 totally from Nigeria,” he said.