The total infections from Corona virus in the country has risen to 2,558 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 170 new cases.
According to a tweet by the NCDC, of the new infections, 39 are in Lagos, 29 from Kano, 24 in Ogun and 18 from Bauchi.
The FCT and Sokoto had 12 each, while Katsina had 8 cases and 7 cases were recorded in Borno.
Four hundred patients have been discharged while 87 deaths have been recorded in the country.
The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU, says the country is facing challenges of inadequate bed spaces to accommodate COVID-19 patients in isolation centres.
He said this may affect efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus in the FCT, Lagos and Kano State.
Dr. CHIKWE IHEKWEAZU stated this during the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 daily briefing in Abuja.
According to him, there are about 3,500 bed spaces available across the country which has recorded over 1,728 cases of COVID-19 and tracing over 10,000.
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Bauchi state Governor, BALA MUHAMMED has mandated the use of chloroquine and Zithromax to treat coronavirus patients in the state.
The Governor, at a briefing said he accepts responsibility for the consequences that may result from the use of the drugs.
Chloroquine, and a related derivative, hydroxychloroquine, have gained attention for the treatment of the deadly coronavirus, but the World Health Organization says there’s no definitive evidence they work.
Governor BALA MUHAMMED said, from personal experience, he believes the drugs are effective and advised health personnel to ignore warnings from health experts abroad.
MUHAMMED was Bauchi’s index COVID-19 patient but has fully recovered after treatment.
Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of coronavirus, the highest single-day record till date and also recorded 7 fresh deaths, another daily record.
According to data released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos the epicenter of the pandemic had 87 of the new cases, but the virus appears to be spreading lately in northern Nigeria with Kano reporting 24 new cases, Gombe 18, Kaduna 17, FCT 16, Katisna 10 and Sokoto 8.
The total tally for Nigeria now stands at 1,728 with 307 recoveries and 51 deaths.
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