On Sunday,the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 163 cases bringing the total number of infections in the country to 60,266. There has been no record of death to the virus in the past one week aside from Saturday when two deaths were reported to have taken the fatalities in the country to 1, 115.
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COVID-19: NCDC Reveals Three States Without Virus Infected Patients
Three states in Nigeria with no record of COVID-19 patients currently on admission for the virus have been revealed on the website of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). As of Tuesday September 1, three states including; Kogi, Zamfara and Yobe States have no COVID-19 patient infected with the deadly disease on admission in
Read moreNigeria Records 438 New Cases Of COVID-19. Total Now 39,977, With 856 Deaths
Nigeria on Saturday night recorded 438 fresh cases of COVID-19. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), stated this on its Twitter handle, adding that the fresh cases were recorded in 23 states of the federation and the FCT. They noted that 11 people died from complications arising from the virus as at Saturday night,
Read moreCOVID-19: NCDC to establish test centre in Nasarawa
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has disclosed plan to establish a molecular laboratory in Nasarawa State to enable medical experts carry out test for the dreaded COVID-19. Director General of the centre, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, disclosed this while on a courtesy call to Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, at the Government House,
Read moreCOVID-19: Distance yourselves from the elderly to forestall rise – NCDC urges youths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has blamed the rapid spread of COVID-19 in the country to the rising cases of infected young people within age 20 and 40 bracket. It advised the youth to take responsibility by ensuring they kept distance from the elderly who remained the most vulnerable. Director-General of the NCDC,
Read moreCOVID 19: Sack Health Ministers, Disband PTF – HURIWA tells Buhari
Following the continuous spike and upward swing in the numbers of people afflicted with the COVID 19 ailment in Nigeria despite the existence of both the Federal Ministry of Health with two full cabinet level appointees; the Presidential task Force on Covid 19 (PTF) headed by the chief scribe of the central government and the
Read moreNCDC Records 587 New Cases Of Coronavirus In Nigeria
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has recorded 587 new confirmed cases of COVID19 in the country. 587 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 155 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 75 in Edo, 67 in FCT, 65
Read moreNigeria Records 490 New Cases Of COVID-19
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has recorded 490 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country bringing it to a total of 17,148 cases. A total of 490 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 142 of the new
Read moreBREAKING: 387 new cases of coronavirus recorded as toll nears 10,000
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the country has recorded another 387 new cases of the coronavirus on Friday. The new cases recorded for Friday bring the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 9302. According to NCDC “387 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-254FCT-29Jigawa-24Edo-22Oyo-15Rivers-14Kaduna-11Borno-6Kano-3Plateau-2Yobe-2Gombe-2Bauchi-2Ondo-1 9302 cases of #COVID19NigeriaDischarged: 2697Deaths: 261.”
Read moreGov Bello insists Kogi is COVID 19 free, rejects NCDC results
The Government of Kogi State has rejected the index cases of COVID 19 in the state announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, insisting that the state had yet to record any case of the pandemic. In a press statement on Wednesday, the commissioner for health in the state, Dr. Saka Haruna Audu, described
Read moreBREAKING: Two new cases of COVID 19 emerge in Anambra
Barely 24 hours after a new COVID 19 patient emerged in Anambra State, the state has once again recorded two new cases of the deadly pandemic. The latest development brings the total number of COVID 19 cases in Anambra to 8. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed that the country recorded a total
Read moreNCDC to certify 3 COVID 19 testing centres in Anambra
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, is set to certify three laboratories in the state as testing centers for the corona virus disease, THE DAILY VENDOR reports. This was contained in a release issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment. Mr. C. Don Adinuba,“The laboratories include privatelying owned diagnostic centre at
Read moreNigeria confirms 339 new cases of COVID 19, as toll rises to 7016
The latest update on COVID 19 released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday revealed that the country has confirmed a total of 7016 cases of the novel coronavirus. The centre on it’s Twitter handle said the country confirmed 339 new cases of COVID 19 on Thursday, 21 May. It however announced
Read moreNCDC accredits COVID 19 testing centre in Nnewi
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed the accreditation of a Covid 19 testing centre in Anambra State. The Accunalysis Diagnostic Centre, Nnewi is the first to be accredited in Anambra State. In a release on NCDC official Twitter handle @ncdc.gov, the country’s leading agency in charge of disease Control and management in
Read moreNigeria records 338 new cases of COVID 19 as toll nears 6000
Nigeria has once again recorded a higher single-day spike in COVID 19 cases. This is according to the daily infection toll update released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control for Sunday, 17 May. The centre announced that Nigeria recorded a total of 338 new cases, with Lagos State still leading with 177 new cases
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