Just In: Total Coronavirus Infection Toll In Nigeria Exceeds 3000 After NCDC Confirmed 195 New Cases
Nigeria’s total coronavirus infection toll has exceeded 3,000 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 195 new cases on Wednesday night. This comes five days after cases in Nigeria surpassed 2000.
The spike in cases over the course of 5 days is as a result of increased testing rate across the country, especially in the northern region.
Announcing the new cases, NCDC stated that;
195 new cases of #COVID19;
82-Lagos
30-Kano
19-Zamfara
18-Sokoto
10-Borno
9-FCT
8-Oyo
5-Kebbi
5-Gombe
4-Ogun
3-Katsina
1-Kaduna
1-Adamawa3145 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 534
Deaths: 103 pic.twitter.com/kqXEbfj66X— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 6, 2020
On Tuesday night, MDB reported a total of 2950 cases in Nigeria, 481 recoveries and 98 casualties.
On the other hand, with the new coronavirus cases recorded, there are now 3145 total cases, 534 discharged and 103 deaths across the country.
Additionally, in a May 5 covid-19 report on NCDC’s website, 21,208 samples have been tested nationwide.
The #COVID19Nigeria situation report for 5th May, 2020 has been published.
Our daily #COVID19 situation reports provide a summary of the epidemiological situation & response activities in Nigeria.
Download via:https://t.co/Xo1WG4QDYT#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/ioPGjAia3Z
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 6, 2020
In other news, the Federal Government has successfully evacuated the first batch of Nigerians stuck abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.
265 Nigerians have arrived Lagos from Dubai on an Emirates Airline flight on Wednesday evening.
The Emirates flight is the first of at least two other flights scheduled to evacuate Nigerians within the next few days.
According to the foreign ministry, discussions are ongoing with British Airways to airlift 300 Nigerians from London on Friday.
He said arrangements are also being made with Ethiopian airlines for a flight from New York to Abuja next Monday.
Minister of foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama had earlier revealed that over 4,000 Nigerians are waiting to be evacuated across the world back to the country.
The returning Nigerians are expected to be quarantined for 14 days in selected hotels on their arrival, which is to ascertain their coronavirus-free status.
