BREAKING: COVID-19 cases hit 7261 in Nigeria, 221 deaths

Cases of the ravaging COVID-19 virus in Nigeria have now increased to 7261. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night confirmed 245 new cases.According to the Centre, “131 – Lagos, 16 – Jigawa, 13 – Ogun, 12 – Borno, 9 – Kaduna, 9 – Oyo, 9 – Rivers, 9 – Ebonyi, 8 – Kano, 7 – Kwara, 5 – Katsina, 3 – Akwa Ibom, 3 – Sokoto, 2 – Bauchi, 2 – Yobe, 1 – Anambra, 1 – Gombe, 1-Niger, 1 – Ondo, 1 – Plateau, 1 – FCT, 1 – Bayelsa.”

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has advised governors to cooperate with the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 Control so as to achieve the goal of containing the virus.

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