Lagos, Kano Hopeful As New COVID-19 Cases Fall

By Emmanuel Aziken

Nigeria recorded a 26% increase in new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday following 184 cases reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

However, there was a significant change in the distribution of new cases with significant decrease in the number of new cases reported by the two states that had until now been the hotbed of the disease.

GreenWhiteGreen tracking of the number of new cases shows Lagos and Kano significantly reducing their contribution to the number of reported cases over the last three days.

Lagos on Monday reported 88 cases representing 36% of the 242 total cases reported on that day while Kano reported 64 cases (27%) with the two states contributing 63% of the total number of new cases.

The two states had until not too long ago contributed by far more than half of the number of new cases in the country.

 The development is bound to send hope to the authorities in the two states that containment efforts despite fears may be working.

The NCDC in its daily report of new cases for Wednesday reported thus:

The NCDC also reported six deaths on Wednesday.

Gushing about the state’s success in managing the disease, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu while updating Lagosians on development in a statement on Wednesday said:

“Today, 26 COVID19Lagos patients; 13 males and 13 females, all Nigerians were discharged from our Yaba, Onikan and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) Isolation facilities to reunite with the society.

“The patients, 6 from the Mainland  Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba, 11 from Onikan and 9 from LUTH Isolation Centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19 in two consecutive readings.

“With this, the number of #COVID19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos is now 528.”

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