The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been reported for four new States in Nigeria as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 91 new cases on Sunday.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the four new States are Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba, bringing the total number of States in the country having COVID-19 to 32 and the federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja.
On Sunday night, the NCDC announced 92 new confirmed cases, revealing five new deaths were recorded in the country.
Till date, 1273 cases have been confirmed, 239 cases have been discharged and 40 deaths have been recorded in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 91 new cases are reported from sixteen States- Lagos (43), Sokoto (8), Taraba (6), Gombe (5), Ondo (3), FCT (3), Edo (3), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Bauchi (3), Osun (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Bayelsa (1), Ebonyi (1), Kebbi (1).
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities,” the NCDC stated.
The States yet to report any case of COVID-19 are Cross River, Nasarawa, Yobe and Kogi.