Breaking: Nigeria records 381 new cases of COVID-19

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 381 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

Of the 381 new cases of #COVID19; 183 were reported in Lagos, 55-Kano 44-Jigawa 19-Zamfara 19-Bauchi 11-Katsina 9-Borno 8-Kwara 7-Kaduna 6-Gombe 5-Ogun 4-Sokoto 3-Oyo 3-Rivers 2-Niger 1-Akwa Ibom 1-Enugu 1-Plateau 3526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 601 Deaths: 107

Also the Kwara State on Thursday recorded five new positive COVID-19 cases, bringing to a total of 21 the number of confirmed cases with eight discharged.

Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor and Spokesman of Technical Committee on COVID-19, made this known in a statement in Ilorin.

“With this, the state now has a total of 21 confirmed cases, out of which 13 are active and the remaining eight have recovered and have since been discharged.

“We are sad to note that these five new cases came from the 28 travellers from Sokoto/Kebbi axis that were intercepted by the DSS at Oko Olowo area, Ilorin and were instantly quarantined before they could mix with the population.

“Going forward, anyone who crosses the border to Kwara State in defiance of the inter-state lockdown directive would be turned back to wherever they were coming from, no matter at what time of the day.

“The technical committee meanwhile has approved the fumigation of various places on Saturday, including the state secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists(NUJ), the Golf Club, Government House, and the Governor’s Office

“Other places to be fumigated include the Emir’s Palace in Ilorin; the Diagnostic Centre; Radio Kwara complex, Kwara Television complex, the Herald complex, University of Ilorin; Kwara State House of Assembly Complex.

“It also included Ilorin International Airport; State High Court premises;, Olusola Saraki Abbatoire, Post Office Complex, and the motor parks in Akerebiata, Maraba, Oloje, Offa Garage, and Sawmill motor park among others.”

More so the Kano State Government said 16 more COVID-19 patients were discharged from isolation facilities after they tested negative to the virus twice .

Malam Muhammad Garba, the state’s Commissioner for Information, made the disclosure in a statement on Thursday in Kano.

Muhammad disclosed that this brings the total number of discharged patients in the state to 22.

He said among the discharged patients were Prof. Abdulrazak Garba Habeeb of the Department of Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Bayero University, Kano who is also the co-chairman of the state Taskforce on COVID-19; and Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, the state Commissioner for Health, among others.

“All the patients tested negative for the disease after the two follow ups and have, therefore, reached full recovery,” he said.

The commissioner advised the people to observe safety protocols; personal hygiene, regular hand washing, use of face mask and social distancing.

It will be recalled that the State Ministry of Health had earlier confirmed 427 cases of Coronavirus, six discharged and 13 deaths.