The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 386 fresh cases of COVID-19.
The agency broke the news in a tweet on Friday night. This is the highest toll confirmed in a single day in Nigeria.
There are currently 3912 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, 679 recovery and 117 deaths.
Posting the recent report on its Twitter page, NCDC, stated; “386 new cases of #COVID19; 176-Lagos 65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi 2-Ondo 1-Enugu 1-Imo 1-Gombe 1-Osun.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government revealed on Friday that coronavirus isolation and treatment centres in the country are running out of bed spaces.
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made this revelation during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja.
While delivering his address, Mustapha said efforts were being intensified to monitor the level of compliance of the Federal Government advisories and guidelines regarding the phased ease of lockdown in the country.
He said the PTF met with heads of security agencies and asked them to ensure strict enforcement of the inter-state travel restrictions as part of efforts to curb the community transmission of the pandemic.
