Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 156 new cases of coronavirus, 146 recoveries and 1 death on Friday, November 13.
The health agency made the announcement via its official Twitter page @NCDCgov, with the breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-70, FCT-22, Kaduna-18, Rivers-15, Plateau-11, Ogun-10, Bauchi-3, Katsina-3, Kano-2, Ekiti-1, Osun-1.
Nigeria, on Thursday, November 12, recorded 64,728 coronavirus cases, 60,790 successfully treated patients and 1,162 deaths.
With the new toll, there are now 64,884 confirmed cases of coronavirus, 60,936 patients who have recovered from the virus and 1,163 deaths.
In other news, Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 pandemic has appealed to Nigerians abroad who might be planning on coming home for the Christmas festivities to shelf the plan, in the bid to reduce spread of the virus.
Dr Sani Aliyu, who is the National Coordinator of the Taskforce, made this known during the weekly media briefing of the taskforce on Friday, November 13.
He appealed;
We know that we are going into the Christmas period. The PTF is already looking at steps to minimise the surge in passengers’ numbers we see during this period.
But this will primarily be by discouraging people from non-essential travels. If you do not need to travel, remain in the country during the period.
