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Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases COVID-19 in the country exceeded 6,000 on Monday as 216 newly infected people were announced by the

Nigeria’s tally of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country exceeded 6,000 on Monday as 216 newly infected people were announced by theAs of the time of reporting, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria rose to 6, 175 on Monday evening from 5, 959 reported on Sunday evening.The health agency in a tweet Monday night said the new cases were reported in 15 states.

The details of the 216 new cases are as follows: Lagos – 74, Katsina – 33, Oyo – 19, Kano – 17, Edo – 13, Zamfara – 10, Ogun – 8, Gombe – 8, Borno – 8, Bauchi – 7, Kwara – 7, FCT – 4, Kaduna – 3, Enugu – 3, and Rivers – 2.A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 6,175 infections have been reported in Nigeria since the index case in February. Of that number, 4,340 cases are still active, 1,644 have recovered and have been discharged, and 191 deaths have been reported.

A breakdown of the 6,175 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2, 624 cases, followed by Kano – 824, FCT – 422, Katsina – 281, Bauchi – 222, Borno – 223, Jigawa – 201, Ogun – 153, Kaduna – 145, Oyo – 137, Gombe – 134, Sokoto – 113, Edo – 108, Zamfara – 84, Kwara – 65, Osun – 42, Rivers – 53, Plateau – 35, Yobe – 32, Kebbi – 32, Nasarawa – 31, Delta – 27, Niger – 22, Adamawa – 21, Ondo – 20, Ekiti – 19,Akwa Ibom – 18, Taraba – 17, Enugu – 15, Ebonyi – 9, Imo – 7, Bayelsa –...

The number of new cases in the country has continued to increase erratically across all States which have reported at least a case of the virus. Meanwhile, Nigeria’s President, Muhammad Buhari in a meeting with the Governors on Monday , informed them that that he has directed the Presidential Task Force onHe said there is a need to improve collaboration and“We need to continue to educate and persuade Nigerians to accept the reality of the situation, and do all that is necessary to stay safe,” he said.

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