Coronavirus: NCDC confirms 403 new cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 403 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The NCDC announced the latest figures late night on Sunday.
Of the 403 new cases of COVID-19, Gombe recorded 73; Lagos- 68; Kano – 46; Edo – 36; FCT – 35; Nasarawa – 31; Kaduna – 17; Oyo – 16; Abia – 15; Delta – 13; Borno – 13; Plateau – 8; Niger – 7; Rivers – 7; Enugu – 6; Ogun – 6; Kebbi – 3; Ondo – 1; Anambra – 1; and Imo – 1.
A total of 16,085 cases of the virus have been confirmed in the country with 5,220 patients discharged and 420 deaths.
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has discharged 48 additional coronavirus patients, who tested negative twice to the virus.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made the announcement in a statement in Lagos on Sunday, saying that the patients discharged included 38 Nigerians and 10 foreigners.
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”Good people of Lagos, today, 48 fully-recovered COVID-19 patients, 31 males and 17 females, including 10 foreign nationals – 2 Indians; 4 Americans; 2 polish; 1 Brazilian and 1 Dutch were discharged from our isolation facilities to reunite with society.
”The patients, 1 from Onikan, 8 from Gbagada, 10 from Agidingbi, 14 from Lekki, 4 from Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital and 11 from Eti-Osa (LandMark) Isolation Centre were discharged, having fully recovered and tested negative to #COVID-19.
”With this, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 1,185,” Sanwo-Olu said.
