As Nigeria relaxes lockdown, country records more COVID-19 cases than ever
As Nigeria prepares to relax its lockdown from Monday, the country continues to record more COVID-19 cases than before.A PREMIUM TIMES’ analysis shows that Nigeria recorded 1206 new cases last week, 102 more than 1182 recorded in the previous eight weeks.
A breakdown of the 2,388 cases shows that Lagos State has 1,068 cases, followed by Kano – 313, FCT – 266, Borno – 75, Gombe – 96, Bauchi – 53, Delta – 17, Oyo – 33, Zamfara – 12, Sokoto – 54, Ondo – 13, Nasarawa – 9, Kwara – 16, Edo – 52, Ekiti – 11, Borno – 69, Yobe – 13, Adamawa – 4, Niger – 3, Imo-2, Ebonyi – 5, Enugu – 8, Rivers – 14, Ogun – 56, Osun – 34, Katsina – 40, Kaduna – 66, Akwa Ibom – 16, Taraba – 8, Jigawa – 7, Kebbi–12, Bayelsa – 5, Abia – 2 and Plateau – 3.
Meanwhile, the number of those who died of the virus also shot up with 50 new deaths recorded last week as against the 35 in the previous two months. As of 11:55 p.m. on April 29, a total of 1728 confirmed cases had been reported, out of which 307 had been discharged while 51 had died. Thus, as of 11:55 p.m., May 2, there were 2388 confirmed cases in Nigeria. A total of 385 of these had been discharged while 85 had died.After over a month of restriction on movements in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun states, President Muhammadu Buhari announced a gradual relaxation of the lockdown from Monday, May 4.
The relaxation of the lockdown has generated controversies. While some said it was expected given the insufficiency of the palliatives given by the government, others said it poses a great danger. “Our response to the Kano situation is yielding results since testing was rampant, the state task force in collaboration with our team has also established contact tracing and isolation. A lot of emphases is being placed on building of capacity for coordination, care management,” the Chairman of the Taskforce, Boss Mustapha, said last week
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