1598 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

1598 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria emerged on Saturday the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has announced.

The new cases brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 108,943 out of which 85,367 cases have been successfully treated.

Seven deaths on Saturday brought the total number of deaths to 1420, the NCDC reported.

The 1598 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria according to the NCDC on its official twitter handle were reported in 23 states and the FCT.

Lagos had the highest number of cases with 461 new cases followed by FCT with 206 and Plateau with 197 new cases.

Lagos-461

FCT-206

Plateau-197

Rivers-168

Kaduna-116

Anambra-53

Ogun-49

Ebonyi-47

Edo-42

Sokoto-32

Imo-31

Katsina-31

Oyo-30

Akwa Ibom-27

Delta-16

Kano-16

Abia-15

Niger-15

Ondo-11

Bayelsa-10

Borno-9

Kebbi-8

Ekiti-7

Jigawa-1

Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government has further extended the work-from-home order to all state public servants on Grade Levels 14 and below from Monday, Jan. 18, 2021 to Monday, Feb. 1, 2021.

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the directive in a circular signed by the Head of Service, Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola, in Lagos on Saturday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the circular was issued to members of the State Executive Council and all heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

Sanwo-Olu said that the extension was to curtail the spread of the second wave of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state.

He, however, said that the directive would exclude essential duty workers, as well as first responders.

He enjoined all public servants to stay safe and keep adhering to all COVID-19 protocols, in order to rid the state of the pandemic in the shortest possible time.

“Additionally, accounting officers are to ensure strict compliance with all extant directives aimed to guarantee physical/social distancing in the work place; through weekly preparation of Duty Rosters as considered germane to the effective service delivery of respective Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

“All Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies are urged to observe the contents of this Circular for acquiescence and give it the deserved service-wide publicity,” he said.

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