Total coronavirus caseload in Nigeria has exceeded 56,000 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 188 new cases.
The new toll comes 5 days after the country’s total coronavirus surpassed the 55,000 threshold.
In the centre’s latest data posted on Twitter, there are now;
188 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-47
Enugu-25
Plateau-21
FCT-14
Abia-11
Delta-10
Bauchi-8
Ondo-8
Kaduna-8
Ogun-6
Imo-5
Benue-4
Katsina-4
Taraba-4
Edo-3
Kwara-3
Oyo-3
Rivers-2
Yobe-256,017 confirmed
43,998 discharged
1,076 deaths pic.twitter.com/Kn0uTVil9j— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 11, 2020
It would be recalled that on Thursday, Nigeria’s total COVID-19 toll surpassed to 55,829 with 43,810 recoveries and 1,075 casualties across the country.
However, with the new toll, there are now 56,017 total cases, 43,998 recoveries and 1,076 fatalities nationwide.
In other news, two new labs have been activated for inclusion in the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network: Federal Medica Centre, GeneXpert Laboratory, Birnin Kebbi in Kebbi state and Plateau State Human Virology Research Center (PLASVIREC), Plateau state.
Two new labs have been activated for inclusion in the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network:
🧪 Federal Medica Centre, GeneXpert Laboratory, Birnin Kebbi.
🧪Plateau State Human Virology Research Center (PLASVIREC), Plateau.#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/FGSqlmKnSf
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 11, 2020
Also, the Cedarcrest Hospital Molecular Laboratory, FCT has been accredited as a private fee-paying lab for COVID-19 testing.
The Cedarcrest Hospital Molecular Laboratory, FCT has been accredited as a private fee-paying lab for #COVID19 testing.
For a complete list of private fee-paying labs offering testing for #COVID19 in Nigeria visit: https://t.co/0hYfk4qVjO#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/vqExFNCGcZ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 11, 2020
