Chidi Samuel| Nigeria’s rising cases of the novel coronavirus showed no sign of slowing on Sunday as the country recorded 313 new infections bringing the toll to 7839.
The Nigeria Centre for the disease Control in a Tweet on its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov revealed that new infections were recorded in Lagos 148, FCT 36, Rivers 27, Edo 19, Kano 13 and Ogun 12.
New cases were also recorded in Ebonyi 11, Nasarawa 8, Delta 8, Oyo 7, Plateau 6, Kaduna 5, Kwara 4, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa 3 each, Niger 2 and Ananbra 1.
The health agency further noted that Nigeria currently has 7839 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 226 deaths and 2263 discharges.
The tweet ead, ”313 new cases of #COVID19;
148-Lagos
36-FCT
27-Rivers
19-Edo
13-Kano
12-Ogun
11-Ebonyi
8-Nasarawa
8-Delta
7-Oyo
6- Plateau
5-Kaduna
4-Kwara
3-Akwa Ibom
3-Bayelsa
2-Niger
1-Anambra
7839 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria”.
Discharged: 2263
Deaths: 226
-Lagos discharges 31 recovered COVID-19 patients
Meanwhile, there was something to cheer on COVID-19 crisis as Lagos state on Sunday discharged another 31 COVID-19 patients after successful treatment.
The state’s Ministry of Health made the disclosure via its official handle and the development was later confirmed by governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu in a brief social media statement.
His statement read: “Good people of Lagos,
“I have more great news from our isolation facilities. Today, 31 fully recovered COVID19Lagos patients; 12 females and 19 males, all Nigerians were discharged to join the society.
“The patients; 1 from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 13 from Onikan, 11 from Gbagada, 5 from Agidingbi and 1 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID19.
“With this, the number of patients successfully managed and discharged from our Isolation facilities has risen to 738.
“The discharge of #COVID19 patients is encouraging and we thank our front line health workers for the remarkable progress we have made.”
The governor urged all Lagosians and Nigerians not to relent in the battle against the global pandemic, noting that everyone must continue to practice hand hygiene, wear a mask and observe physically distance when outdoor.
“If we continue to do the right things and obey the stipulated public health safety guidelines, the chain of #COVID19 transmission can be broken in our State,” Governor Sanwo-Olu stressed.
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