BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night said with 663 new cases, Nigeria recorded its single highest daily figure since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic broke in the country
Consequently, the Centre explained that the 663 new cases, confirmed in the last 24 hours, have now pushed the total number of reported cases nationwide to 13,464.
Figures posted on the Centre’s official Twitter handle also indicated that four deaths were recorded on the day, which took the tally of confirmed deaths to 365 patients.
This is as latest figures by Johns Hopkins University showed that 7,185,573 cases have been detected worldwide, with 408,954 deaths and 3,352,665 people do far treated and fully recovered from the virus infection.
In the African continent, confirmed figures showed that South Africa has so far reported 52,991 cases with 1,162 deaths while Ghana has 9,910 cases with about 48 deaths.
According to the NCDC’s reports, “On the 9th of June 2020, 663 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria”, adding that; “No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.”
It further explained that: “Till date, 13464 cases have been confirmed, 4206 cases have been discharged and 365 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
Of the 663 new cases reported from 26 states of the Federation, Lagos again resumed its leading position after a day’s off with I’ve 170 cases, followed by Ogun – (108); Bauchi – (69); Ebonyi – (49); Edo – (33); Rivers – (30); FCT and Jigawa with (26) cases each.
Other states listed with reported cases are: Delta – (20); Anambra – (17); Gombe and Kano – (16) each; Imo- (15); Abia – (14); Borno and Oyo (11) each; Plateau – Eight (8); Kebbi and Kaduna – Six (6) each; Ondo – Four (4); Niger and Katsina – Two (2) cases each; while Osun, Ekiti, Kwara and Nasarawa reported One (1) case each.
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13464 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 4206
Deaths: 365
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/report/ #TakeResponsibility
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We are proud to announce the full deployment of Surveillance Outbreak Response Management & Analysis System (SORMAS) digital tool in Akwa Ibom State
The #NCDCTeam is working hard to have SORMAS functional in all LGAs & priority health facilities in every state by the end of 2020
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FAQs ON #COVID19 CASE MANAGEMENT
What is the recovery time for #COVID19?
On average, it may take a few days or weeks for persons with #COVID19 to recover depending on their symptoms and pre-existing medical conditions#TakeResponsibility
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Our Weekly Epidemiological Report (week 21) has been published on our website
This week’s editorial focuses on the third verison of the National Guideline for Clinical Case Management of #COVID19 updated in line with evolving knowledge of the disease
Readhttps://ncdc.gov.ng/reports/261/2020-may-week-21 …
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The following three labs have been activated for inclusion in the NCDC Molecular Lab Network
🧪Biorepository & Clinical Virology Lab UCH, Ibadan
🧪Molecular Diagnostics Lab, Infectious Disease Unit, General Hospital, Ituk Mkpang, Akwa Ibom
🧪Jigawa State Molecular Lab, Dutse
