The numbers of coronavirus cases in Nigeria are beginning to attain uncomfortable level with the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announcing 20 new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
NCDC disclosed this in a tweet on Monday evening, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 343.
Some experts fear that the situation in the country might grossly understated because of the low testing rate in the country, which they say might mean that some asymptomatic cases might be out there undetected while actively spread the virus.
The total number of tested persons in Nigeria, according to NCDC, is just 5000 while South Africa with less population is testing over 30,000 daily.
According to NCDC, 13 new infections were discovered in Lagos and one in Ondo, while two cases were recorded in Edo, Kano, and Ogun States.
The health agency added that six more COVID-19 patients have been discharged, raising the total number of those that have recovered from coronavirus to 91.
Nigeria’s death toll from the disease stood at 10.
The tweet came two hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the lockdown order in Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Amid the lockdown extension, Lagos has a total of 189 positive cases, while the FCT and Ogun have 56 and nine confirmed cases of coronavirus respectively.
Others are Osun – 20, Edo – 14, Oyo – 11, Bauchi – six, Kaduna – six, Akwa Ibom – five, Katsina – five, Kwara – four, Ondo – three, Delta – three, Kano – three, Enugu – two, Ekiti – two, Rivers – two, Benue – one, Niger – one, and Anambra – one.
