Nigeria’s COVID-19 Patients Now 343

By GWG Staff

The number of COVID1-19 cases in the country has reached 343 following the confirmation of 20 new cases by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday.

The 20 confirmed new cases were from five states.

NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Monday, said

The agency said that the 343 were recorded from 19 states of the federation.

It stated that majority of the active cases were in stable conditions.

The cases reported were from travellers, who had just returned to the country from high index countries of COVID-19.

Other cases were from people, who have come in contact with infected people, leading to community spread of the virus.

The agency had also increased laboratories for diagnosis to 11 in the country and have also tested close to 6,000 Nigerians of COVID-19.

Earlier, President Muhammadu Buhari extended the restriction of movement in Lagos, Ogun and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by another two weeks.

He noted that the extension would be effective from 11:59 p.m on Monday and urged Nigerians to cooperate with the government in the fight against COVID-19.

The President explained that the decision became important to curb the spread of the disease through community transmission.

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