By our reporter| The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday said Nigeria has not gotten to its peak yet of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as it confirms 114 new cases of the highly contagious virus bringing the country’s toll to 1095.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the disclosure while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily.
Ihekweazu said, “From our projection, we are not near the peak yet; we still have a number of weeks to go.”
“But we are trying to stretch out these weeks even further so we can push the peak a bit further out but make sure that the peak is not as steep as it would otherwise have been if no measures were put in place.”
The NCDC boss further stated that measures are being put in place by the NCDC to ensure the nation’s health system does not get overwhelmed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
He assured that the agency would not relent in its effort to curb the spread of the disease in the country, despite being over-stretched.
“Of course, we are over-stretched … but we will not stop because we really don’t have an option NCDC boss admitted.
He added, “At the moment and from what we know, we will not be able to radically stop in a day or two, or even a few weeks but what we are trying to do is really to stretch out that curve so that the health system can cope with the number of cases coming in.”
Ihekweazu also revealed that the agency was working with the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and other government health parastatals in the effort to curb the spread of the disease.
He said, “The challenge is that we are facing an unprecedented situation,” said Ihekweazu, adding, “At the moment, as we speak, we have teams in 26 states of the country.
“In states like Lagos, we have over 50 people supporting the response in Lagos State. Our role is to support the states; we are doing the best we can, but the leadership always has to come from the state.”
…Nigeria confirms 114 new COVID-19 infections
Meanwhile, Nigeria on Friday confirmed 114 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s toll 1095.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a Tweet vis verified twitter handle said the new infections were recorded in Lagos, Gombe, FCT, Zamfara, Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto.
According to the health agency, Lagos alone accounted for 80 of the new infections, followed by Gombe with 21.
The tweet read, ”114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
80 in Lagos
21 in Gombe
5 in FCT
2 in Zamfara
2 in Edo
1 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Kaduna
1 in Sokoto
”As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria”.
Discharged: 208
Deaths: 32
The break down of the infections as at 11:30 pm 24th April according to the agency, shows…
Lagos-657
FCT-138
Kano-73
Ogun-35
Gombe-30
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Edo-19
Oyo-18
Borno-12
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-10
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1
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