Nigeria now has 6175 confirmed COVID19 infections according to the latest report of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). In a situation report late Monday, 35,345 persons have been tested so far with 1375 tests done on Sunday. On Monday, 216 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Lagos reported 74 Read More…
As Lagos considers reopening its economy fully, its daily new COVID19 infections are still soaring. On Sunday, it recorded 177 new COVID19 infections bringing its total confirmed cases figure to 2550, out of which 556 have been discharged with 36 deaths. The latest situation report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that Read More…
The Lagos State Government on Sunday discharged 15 more patients who recovered and tested negative to Coronavirus. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu said in a statement that a total of 623 patients had so far been discharged from the state’s isolation centres. ”Good people of Lagos, 15 more COVID-19 Lagos patients; 9 females and 6 males, all Read More…
Three of the Nigerian Dubai returnees observing the 14 days mandatory isolation in Lagos have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, made this known on Sunday in Lagos. Abayomi, through his Twitter account, said that those affected had been admitted to the state’s COVID-19 care centre for Read More…
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control kept testing for COVID19 above 1000, testing 1242 on Friday bringing total countrywide testing to 32,942. On Saturday, the NCDC reported 176 new COVID19 confirmed cases nationwide with five deaths. Lagos reported 95 new confirmed COVID19 infections. No new state reported a case in the last 24 hours. So Read More…
The Lagos State Ministry of Health has announced the recovery and discharge of 67 COVID-19 patients, including two Indians and a Chinese national. The ministry, through its verified Twitter handle, on Saturday said the patients – 22 females and 45 males – were discharged from the state’s isolation facilities. “Twenty-four are from Mainland Infectious Disease Read More…
A 33-year-old pregnant COVID-19 patient was on Saturday delivered of a baby boy at the Gbagada Isolation Centre in Lagos. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the State Commissioner for Health, made this known in Lagos. Abayomi, through his Twitter account handle in Lagos, said that both the baby and his mother were in stable clinical conditions. “On Read More…
Lagos is once again returning high numbers of COVID19 infections. In the latest figures declared by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a late tweet on Friday, Lagos returned 179 new COVID19 cases. This would seem to be the result of increased voluntary testing for COVID19 by Lagosians. After a lull during the Read More…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus, thus bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,162. The NCDC also confirmed three new deaths, bringing the total death toll in the country to 167. The agency added that 193 new cases were confirmed in 15 Read More…
The Lagos State Government on Thursday recanted its earlier statement on the COVID-19 status of the late 32-year-old Dubai returnee, saying outcome of his COVID-19 test “is negative”. Prof. Akin Abayomi, the state Commissioner for Health, made the clarification through his verified Twitter account handle on Thursday night. “I hereby inform the general public that Read More…