Nigeria has on Saturday night recorded 87 new Coronavirus cases.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily COVID-19 report announced this in a series of tweets, stating that;
87 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
33 in Lagos
18 in Borno
12 in Osun
9 in Katsina
4 in Kano
4 in Ekiti
3 in Edo
3 in Bauchi
1 in ImoAs at 11:55 pm 25th April there are 1182 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 222
Deaths: 35 pic.twitter.com/La5xzZZe2z— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 25, 2020
The centre also stated that one of the new cases confirmed in Lagos has traveled to Ondo state for treatment, explaining that;
One case who was confirmed in Lagos State, traveled to Ondo State for treatment.
Therefore, the number of cases in Lagos is 689 and the number of cases in Ondo is 4
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 25, 2020
NCDC in another tweet gave the breakdown of the total cases per states, stating;
As at 11:55pm 25th April
Lagos-689
FCT-138
Kano-77
Ogun-35
Osun-32
Gombe-30
Katsina-30
Borno-30
Edo-22
Oyo-18
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Bauchi-11
Kaduna-10
Ekiti-8
Ondo-4
Delta-6
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1
Imo-1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 25, 2020
It would be recalled that Nigeria surpassed 1,000 Coronavirus cases on Friday night after NCDC confirmed 114 new cases.
However, with the new cases, there are now 1182 Coronavirus cases, 222 discharged patients and 35 deaths across the country.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have also debunked the news that injecting disinfect and bleach is a treatment of coronavirus.
The centre in earlier tweet stated;
It is important to note that bleach & other disinfectants should be used to clean surfaces. They should NOT be consumed by people to treat #COVID19
Drinking bleach & disinfectants can lead to health complications & even death
Please share widely!#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Ra7NIzjbhc
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 25, 2020
Meanwhile, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has on Saturday said residents in the state are now allowed to conduct burials of their love ones as long as they adhere to the rules on social distancing and other measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
The governor further said that if the state didn’t see a decongestion of mortuaries in the state within the next two weeks, the government will be forced to conduct mass burial.
Sanwo-Olu made this known on Saturday while giving updates on the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.
