Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed 176 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the countrys toll 57, 613.
In a statement via a Tweet on its verified Twitter handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said the new infections were reported from 14 states and the FCT.
According to the data, Lagos reported 73 new cases, followed by, Plateau -50, FCT -17, and Rivers -8.
Other states that reported new infections include, Ondo -6, Niger -5, Ogun (5), Edo -3, Kaduna -3, Oyo -2, Bauchi -1, Bayelsa -1, Delta -1, and Nasarawa -1.
The NCDD further noted that the country has recorded 48,836 recoveries and 1,100 fatalities.
-FG Urges Vigilance, Says Another Lockdown Possible
Meanwhile, the federal government on Monday called for more vigilance to avert a possible resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic as schools re-open across the country.
The federal government noted that if care was not taken, the appreciable progress recorded may be eroded especially in the wake of schools resumption, the opening of the air space for international travels and relaxation of a number of restrictions with a view to improving the economy.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha said this in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the task force.
According to Mustapha, over the last one week, the scientific community had tried to explain some new manifestation of COVID-19 spread amidst continued reversal of gains in the battle mostly in countries around Europe, a development that prompted the World Health Organisation (WHO) to express some concerns.
Mustapha said that Israel had re-introduced a three-week lockdown, the United Kingdom was considering another lockdown phase and Spain was enforcing a partial lockdown in Madrid amidst protests by its citizens.
To buttress his point on the need for caution, the SGF said over the last three days, the global cases passed the 31 million marks, and it took only four days to get there from 30 million.
“Specifically, the lesson for us in Nigeria is that in spite of appreciable progress recorded, we should be vigilant more than ever before, because we have relaxed a number of restrictions in opening up more sectors of the economy and schools are beginning to open in varying degrees,” he said.
He warned that the call became more pertinent in view of the noticeably increasing disregard for basic non-pharmaceutical measures that have proven very successful.
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