Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Sunday recorded 544 new coronavirus infections bringing the country’s total burden to 28, 771.
The Nigeria Centr for Disease Control in a statement via its official Twitter handle said the infections were recorded across 19 states and the FCT.
Lagos, according to the health agency recorded 199 new cases, followed by Ebonyi with 65, Oyo 47, Ondo 46, Ogun 31, Edo 30 and FCT 28.
Other states where new cases were recorded include, Katsina 25, Plateau 15, Bayelsa 11, Kaduna 10, Adamawa 10, Akwa Ibom 8, Gombe 7, Kano 4, Taraba 3, Rivers, Abia 2 cases each and Ekiti 1.
According to the health agency, Nigeria currently has 28,711 confirmed COVID-19 cases with 11,665 discharges and 645 deaths.
The tweet read, 544 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-199
Ebonyi-65
Oyo-47
Ondo-46
Ogun-31
Edo-30
FCT-28
Katsina-25
Plateau-15
Bayelsa-11
Kaduna-10
Adamawa-10
Akwa Ibom-8
Gombe-7
Kano-4
Taraba-3
Rivers-2
Abia-2
Ekiti-1
28,711 confirmed
11,665 discharged
645 deaths
-Over 2,000 COVID-19 patients in Lagos avoiding isolation centres, says Abayomi
Meanwhile, Lagos state commissiner for health, Akin Abayomi, on Sunday revealed more than 2,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19 have refused to turn up at the isolation centres for treatment and monitoring.
Aboyomi who stated this while giving an update on the COVID-19 situation in the state, speculated that affected individuals are refusing to make themselves available to health officials either due to fear of stigmatisation or preference for home care treatments.
While providing details of how the state has fared so far, Abayomi revealed that the state’s COVID-19 response team is monitoring more than 6,000 patients in communities.
He wrote, “6,259 of the cases monitored in communities by #COVID19Lagos response team have either fully recovered or positively responding to treatments.”
“365 of the cases are currently under isolation in public and private care centres. However, 2,430 active cases in the communities are yet to turn up for admission in care centres either due to fear of stigmatisation or preference for home care treatments.
The commissioner had earlier in May expressed concern over the attitude of COVID-19 patients who make themselves unavailable after testing positive for the virus but later expressed fears that the state may run out of bed spaces if it keeps recording high number of cases.
“There is also a situation that we experience; when we test people, sometimes they find it difficult to find them. The ambulances will go into communities, people will flee their homes, and they make it difficult for us to find them,” he had said.
As part of efforts to address the projected shortage, more isolation centres have been established in the state, with the most recent being last month’s 150-bed isolation centre unveiled at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba.
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