Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Sunday reported 338 new coronavirus cases bringing the country’s ever rising toll 5959.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a Tweet via its verified twitter handle said Lagos alone recorded 177 new infections, closely followed by Kano with 64 and FCT 21.
Rivers recorded 16 new cases, Plateua 14, Oyo 11, Katsina 9, Jigawa 4, Kaduna 4, Abia 3, Bauchi 3, Bornu 3, Gombe 2, Akwa Ibom 2, Delta 2, with Ondo, Kebbi and Sokoto with one case each.
According to the health agency, Nigeria currently has 5959 confirmed cases of the novel coronvirus, with 182 deaths and 1594 discharges.
The tweet read, ”338 new cases of #COVID19;
177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto
5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.”
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182
-Lagos set to reopen fully for Business
Meanwhile Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday said he is considering full reopening of the critical sectors of the state economy.
The governor who made the disclosure at a media briefing at the state house in Marina, however, said the plan will not be implemented in a hurry.
According to him, the state government would be rolling out register-to-open initiative as a part of its plan because it cannot afford to keep people and businesses on lockdown forever.
He said, “We are at a level where we are reviewing the other arms of the economy.”
”In the coming days, we will be starting what we call Register-to-Open, which means all players in the restaurant business, event centres, entertainment, malls and cinemas will go through a form of re-registration and space management.
“There is a regulation that will be introduced to supervise this move. We will be coming to their facilities to assess their level of readiness for a future opening.
“I don’t know when that opening will happen in the weeks ahead, but we want these businesses to begin to tune themselves to the reality of COVID-19 with respect to how their work spaces need to look like.
“For us, it is not to say they should re-open fully tomorrow or any time; there has be a process guiding the re-opening. We will be mandating LASEPA and Safety Commission to begin the enumeration process and the agencies will be communicating with all relevant businesses and houses in the days ahead.
“I must, however, caution that this should not be misinterpreted as a licence for full opening; it is certainly not. The State’s economy is not ready for that now.”
Lagos remains the epecentre of the coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria and on Sunday night reported 177 new cases of the highly contagious virus, according to the NCDC.
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