Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 195 new cases of coronavirus. This brings the total number of cases in the country to 3145.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet said the new cases were reported in thirteen states.
The breakdown of the new cases showed that Lagos State has 82 new cases, followed by Kano – 30, Zamfara – 19, Sokoto – 18, Borno – 10, FCT – 10, Oyo – 8, Kebbi – 5, Gombe – 5, Ogun – 4, Katsina – 3, while Kaduna and Adamawa recorded one each.
The NCDC said as at 11:59pm on Wednesday, there were 3145 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Of this, 534 have been discharged while 103 people have died.
As of the time of reporting, 34 states and the FCT have confirmed at least a case of the virus in Nigeria.
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 have also decried the violation of government directives on social distancing, emphasising that citizens need to comply with the directive in order to record reduced cases of COVID-19.
With the commencement of the gradual easing of lockdown in the country, the Presidential Task Force urged residents of various states in the country to heed the stipulated directives for health reasons.
While some of the directives including wearing of face masks have been largely complied with, KAFTAN Post observes that Nigerians still violate the physical distancing order at banks, bus stops, markets and other public places.
Meanwhile, as both the Federal Government and State Governors cut corners and dither on necessary measures while pretending to be busy, COVID-19 seems to have gotten itself well acquainted with communities across Nigeria.
As COVID-19 travels to the North and the hinterland, hitherto not exposed to international gateways, human vectors, many carrying the virus travel the opposite direction ensuring that the reservoir of the viral pathogens continues to be replenished.
And numbers do not lie even if government officials have perfected public deceit.
It is now left in the hands of the people to apply discipline and orderliness unseen in Nigerian society to save themselves from the lethal grip of this unrelenting killer disease.
One thing is sure, COVID-19 is now domesticated in Nigeria. Now is no longer the time to theorize about its foreign origin. Whatever way it came in, the killer virus wants to make itself at home in our midst. It is up to us to kick it out. The government will not and cannot.
