Nigeria, on Monday, confirmed 216 new cases of COVID-19 coronavirus in 14 states and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), who disclosed this late Monday night, listed the states and the figures as follows: Lagos (74); Katsina (33); Oyo (19); Kano (17); Edo (13); Zamfara (10); eight each in Ogun, Gombe and Borno; Bauchi and Kwara (seven each).
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It said four fresh cases were recorded in the FCT; three each in Kaduna and Enugu as well as two in Rivers.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/Z5x7UFXpXd#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Zt7u1YpcAG
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 18, 2020
On the overall, the national tally is now 6,175 with 1,644 fully recovered patients discharged and 191 deaths recorded.
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We‘re grateful to our colleagues working hard in treatment centres across the country to manage #COVID19 patients to recovery pic.twitter.com/Obsa7SfSRD
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 18, 2020
As part efforts to reduce the risk of health workers' infection, the #NCDCTeam continues to conduct infection prevention & control trainings in states across Nigeria
Trainees will transfer these skills to other health workers in their facilities to ensure optimal IPC practices pic.twitter.com/IOtycpFE0p
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 18, 2020
