Chidi Samuel| The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed 248 new COVID-19 cases across the country.
In a Tweet via its verified twitter handle, the health agency said a total of 4,399 cases have now been recorded in 34 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
According to the agency, the number of deaths also increased from 126 to 143, with 778 persons dischrged.
Kogi and Cross River are the only state yet to record any COVID-19 case.
The tweet read, ”248 new cases of #COVID19;
81-Lagos
35-Jigawa
26-Borno
26-Kano
20-Bauchi
13-FCT
12-Edo
10-Sokoto
7-Zamfara
4-Kwara
4-Kebbi
2-Gombe
2-Taraba
2-Ogun
2-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Bayelsa
4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.”
Discharged: 778
Deaths: 143
-Bauchi governor confirms death of 150 people in Azare
Meanwhile, Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, on Sunday confirmed that about 150 people died in Azare, Katagum local government area of the state, over the last one month.
The governor who made the clarification following reports that a hundred people died in Azare in the past one week at a press briefing in Bauchi attributed the deaths to ailments such as hypertension, but not COVID-19.
He said, “We have reviewed the rumour about Azare that it has become a morgue. It’s not true. We have gotten the statistics of the deaths in the last 30 days. About 150 died in Azare, an average of about 8 deaths per day and most of them we have found the cause to arise from hypertension and other related diseases.”
“It’s not true that people are falling and dying in Azare. Even if that is the situation, we are moving there as a government.”
The governor also declared a total lockdown on Katagum, Giade and Zaki local government areas of the state, as part of efforts to limit the community transmission of COVID-19 infections.
The lockdown in the three LGAs will take effect from May 12 and last for 10 days.
Cover Pix: The Azare burial site
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