The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has said that 195 positive cases of COVID-19 announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday, were gotten from the 825 people tested.
Ehanire made this disclosure during the daily briefing by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in Abuja on Wednesday.
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The Herald repoted that confirmed cases of COVID-19 continue to rise as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announces 195 new cases on Tuesday.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 1532.
The Health agency made the announcement on its official Twitter account.
“195 new cases of #COVID19 reported;
80-Lagos
38-Kano
15-Ogun
15-Bauchi
11-Borno
10-Gombe
9-Sokoto
5-Edo
5-Jigawa
2-Zamfara
1-Rivers
1-Enugu
1-Delta
1-FCT
1-Nasarawa
“As at 11:50pm 28th April- 1532 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 255
Deaths: 44