A day after Nigeria recorded its highest daily toll ever, the total COVID-19 cases in the country passed 10,000 mark.
This was confirmed on Sunday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) with the announcement of 307 new COVID-19 cases in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
While the number of recoveries rose from 2,856 to 3,007, a total of 14 deaths were recorded, and the figure of fatalities rose from 273 to 287
A total of 10,162 COVID-19 cases have now been confirmed in 35 states and the FCT.
The 307 new cases are reported from 15 states – Lagos (188), FCT (44), Ogun (19), Kaduna (14), Oyo (12), Bayelsa (9), Gombe (5), Kano (3), Delta (3), Imo (2), Rivers (2), Niger (2), Bauchi (2), Plateau (1), Kwara (1).
Till date, Nigeria has tested 60,825 people of which 10,162 cases have been confirmed positive, 3007 cases have been discharged and the active cases are 6,860.
The breakdown of the total number of cases in each state is as follows:
Lagos (4,943), Kano (954), FCT, (660), Katsina (364), Oyo (292), Jigawa (270), Borno (271), Edo (284), Ogun (278), Bauchi (238), Kaduna (258), Rivers (206), Gombe (161), Sokoto (116), Plateau (105), Kwara (88), Zamfara (76).
Others are Nasarawa (62), Delta (83), Yobe (52), Akwa Ibom (45), Osun (45), Ebonyi (40), Adamawa (38), Imo (36), Kebbi (33), Niger (32), Ondo (25), Ekiti (20), Enugu (18), Taraba (18), Bayelsa (21), Anambra (11), Abia (10), Benue (7) and Kogi (2).
Meanwhile, as the country prepares to end the second phase of the eased lockdown on June 1, the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has expressed concern about the spike in community transmission, which the country is currently experiencing.
Speaking after submitting its report to President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, Boss Mustapha, chairman of the PTF, said: “The ownership of the next phase will be the responsibility of the states under national supervision and coordination, because we have gone into community transmission.”
Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mustapha said a lot of recommendations had been made to the President and that the President would direct on the next step to follow.
According to the NCDC situation report for May 30, more than 7,000 of Nigeria’s total number of confirmed cases contracted the virus from unknown sources.
He said the PTF presented the assessment report of the last ease of the lockdown and made recommendations on the way forward.
He said that the economy will be open further if President Buhari gives approval to the recommendations the task force has made.
