COVID-19 Update: NCDC Reports 339 New Cases, Tally Moves To 7,016
BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday puts Nigeria’s total number of infections at 7,016 with 339 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
The NCDC said as at Thursday, May 21, 2020, “339 new confirmed cases and nine (9) deaths were recorded in Nigeria”, adding that; “No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.”
According to the figures captured on the Centre’s website, “Till date, 7016 cases have been confirmed, 1907 cases have been discharged and 211 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
The NCDC, on its twitter handle, also gave the breakdown of the 339 new cases reported from 18 states as follows: Lagos – (139); Kano- (28); Oyo – (28); Edo – (25); Katsina – (22); Kaduna – (18); Jigawa – (14); Yobe – (13); Plateau – (13); and FCT -(11).
Others are: Gombe – Eight (8); Ogun – Five (5); Bauchi and Nasarawa – Four (4) cases each; Delta – Three (3); Ondo – Two (2); Rivers and Adamawa – One (1) case each.
The NCDC further said that healthcare workers are being trained to practise standard care precautions at all times as part of government’s efforts to contain the virus transmission in the country.
Below are tweets by @NCDCgov
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“We can’t have a system better than the context we live in, we are making best use of our realities in #Nigeria & doing our best“
~ NCDC DG @Chikwe_I on response to #COVID19Nigeria with @channelstv.
Full interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEzACzceJcY …#TakeResponsibility
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As a panelist at today’s webinar on infection prevention & control organised by @CDCgov & @WHO, our IPC Lead, @tokwor7 spoke about #COVID19Nigeria response
“To limit transmission of the virus, we’re training healthcare workers to practise standard care precautions at all times”
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“We continue to work with different stakeholders to provide communities across the country with the right information to stay safe”
-Simon Idoko of @NOA_Nigeria, a member of the National Risk Communication Working Group, supporting a mass motorised #COVID19 campaign in Adamawa
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We are grateful to the Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering for supporting national #COVID19 response with face masks & hand sanitisers
We continue to work with professional bodies in the whole-of-society response to #COVID19Nigeria #TakeResponsibility
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Replying to @NCDCgov
“80% of #COVID19 cases show mild or no symptoms at all. These cases won’t be in isolation facilities under normal circumstances.
Asymptomatic patients are primarily isolated to prevent transmission of the virus especially to their loved ones”
~ @Chikwe_I at #PTFCOVID19
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The @PTFCOVID19 press briefing is ongoing.
PTF Chairman, Boss Mustapha @OfficialOSGFNG reinforces adherence to recommended measures to prevent #COVID19 spread, in view of Ramadan celebrations.
