The number of patients who recovered from the disease and were discharged also rose from 25 to 70, an indication that the situation is not hopeless after all.
The official data of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has shown no fewer than 45 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged in the last week and at least five deaths were also recorded from the disease in the past week.
Nigeria, as of 9:30 p.m on Saturday, had recorded 318 confirmed cases, 70 discharged and 10 deaths.
According to a breakdown, Lagos is still leading on the chart with 174 cases, FCT has 56, Osun – 20, Edo – 12, Oyo – 11, Ogun – 7, Bauchi – 6, Kaduna – 6, Akwa Ibom – 5, Katsina – 4, Delta – 3, Enugu – 2, Ekiti – 2, Rivers -2, Kwara – 2, and Ondo- 2, while Benue, Niger, Anambra and Kano have a case each.
According to analysis made by Premium Times NG, 104 new cases were recorded last week, many from contact tracing, amidst an increase in the number of tests carried out daily.
It also shows that new cases have been recorded in the tens starting from Tuesday.
The number of patients who recovered from the disease and were discharged also rose from 25 to 70, an indication that the situation is not hopeless after all.
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Most of those discharged are from Lagos, Oyo, Osun and FCT.
However, six states; Kwara, Anambra, Niger, Kano, Delta and Kastina; recorded their index cases last week. This brings the number of affected states to 19 including the FCT.
In one of its daily briefings, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 fixed a target of collecting samples within eight hours of notification of the team. It said turnaround time for testing and results must be less than 24 hours; 2000 tests to be conducted daily in Lagos and 1000 daily in the FCT by the end of the week.
Also, it hopes to isolate patients within six hours after confirmation of positive results and ensure isolation of each confirmed case.
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