The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday said the country has recorded 118 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections in the country to 61,558. This was stated in the COVID-19 update of the health agency. According to the NCDC, the death toll remains 1,125 after no death was recorded in the last Read more
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus (COVID-19), has said: “the risks of reopening bars and nightclubs are still very high hence, their continued ban”. The PTF National Coordinator, Dr Sani Aliyu, explained this during the PTF daily press briefing on Thursday in Abuja while responding to questions on the continued closure of bars and Read more
Nigeria has recorded 111 more confirmed COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 60, 103. The country also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths on Saturday, the first time in the last six days, to take the fatality toll to 1,115, according to an update Read more
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded no new death from COVID-19 complications for the sixth day in a row in the country. The health agency disclosed this in the latest update for October 9, 2020. The agency has so far confirmed only one death in October, and the total number of fatalities currently Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has said the shooting incident of Thursday, 8th October 2020, at Salvation Bus Stop, Opebi, Ikeja Area of Lagos was not in any way connected to the ongoing #endsars# protest in the state. The command, on Friday, in a statement signed by SP Olumuyiwa Adejobi (mnipr), Police Public Relations Officer, Read more
There has been a sharp increase in the number of patients who recovered… Nigeria has again recorded zero deaths from the coronavirus despite recording 118 new infections bringing the total number of infections in the country to 59,583. Similar to the previous two days, no new deaths were recorded from the virus in the past Read more
The worldwide reported number of coronavirus cases has exceeded 35 million as at the early hours of Sunday, according to data from worldometers.info. It also revealed that the total infections in Africa crossed 1.5 million, indicating a gradual increase in cases on the continent once perceived as a safe haven for the virus. The official number Read more
Nigeria, on Tuesday, recorded 187 new cases of the coronavirus disease as total infections in the country rose to 58,647. While about 50,000 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged across the 36 states and Abuja, the federal capital, while there are still about 7, 500 active cases. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Read more
Agency Report The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) on Tuesday presented the newly launched SARS-CoV-2 Isothemal Molecular Assay (SIMA) to the Federal Ministry of Health. Prof. Babatunde Salako, Director General of the Institute, said on his twitter handle that a demo on the usage of the kit was also done at the presentation. Salako Read more
The Director-General of Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, has expressed fear over another explosion of the coronavirus disease pointing out that some states have deliberately refused to carry out adequate tests on COVID-19, and are therefore unable to ascertain the number of positive cases in their domains. He warned that such Read more
