Nigeria has confirmed 248 new coronavirus cases and 15 new deaths on Sunday night.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its official Twitter handle.
The centre stated that;
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-Bayelsa4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 778
Deaths: 143 pic.twitter.com/EXkXbq690g— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020
It would be recalled that as at Saturday night, Nigeria recorded 4151 coronavirus cases, 751 discharged and 128 deaths.
With the newly recorded infections, there are now 4399 total cases, 778 discharged and 143 fatalities across the country.
In addition, in a tweet posted earlier today, NCDC revealed that 25,951 samples have been tested nationwide.
Meanwhile, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 3 new laboratories have been added to the molecular laboratory network for coronavirus.
The centre, in a tweet posted earlier today, said two of the labs are in Port Harcourt and 1 in Benin.
UPDATE: 3 new labs have been included in our molecular laboratory network for #COVID19 at
🧪@UpthOnline, Port Harcourt
🧪@RSUTH_PH satellite lab, Port Harcourt
🧪@ubthng PCR laboratory, BeninThis brings the number of labs in Nigeria with the capacity to test for #COVID19 to 23 pic.twitter.com/MveUAJp5KO
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020
There are now a total of 23 molecular laboratories for coronavirus in Nigeria.
In another tweet, NCDC appealed to Nigerians not to discriminate against government officials who are tracing contacts of confirmed coronavirus cases.
If government officials come to your area to identify contacts of confirmed #COVID19 cases, please don’t discriminate against those visited
It is important to quickly test & treat patients to avoid further spread of the disease
Let’s offer our support & #SayNoToStigma pic.twitter.com/EqR4STkbFJ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020
