About one-third of Nigeria’s total confirmed COVID-19 cases
have now been discharged.
This is according to the update of the Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC) for Monday.
Of the current total of 12,801 cases confirmed in 35 states
and the FCT, 4,040 patients have been discharged.
However, 315 new cases were confirmed in 13 states and the
federal capital territory on Monday and seven deaths were recorded, increasing
the number of fatalities from 354 to 361.
Lagos has also recorded a spike in its daily toll in the
past 24 hours, with 128 cases for Monday compared to 38 new cases recorded for
Sunday.
Meanwhile, with five new cases on Monday, Kano has now
exceeded 1,000 cases with a total of 1,004 cases, out of which 477 patients
have recovered while 49 deaths have occurred.
Kano recorded its index case on April 11, and has tested a
total of 5,737 samples so far.
In the days following the outbreak in Kano, the state had
witnessed an unusual rise in its fatality rate, which increased to almost 1,000
deaths.
Although there had been earlier denials on the cause of
death, the state government had eventually announced that verbal autopsy would
be carried out.
Announcing the result of the autopsy at the presidential
task force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Osagie Ehanire, minister of
health, said more than 50 percent of the 979 deaths recorded in Kano could be
linked to COVID-19.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday315 new cases of #COVID19;— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 8, 2020
Lagos- 128
FCT-34
Rivers- 32
Edo- 28
Oyo- 22
Kaduna- 20
Gombe- 13
Ogun- 8
Plateau- 5
Delta- 7
Kwara- 7
Kano- 5
Bauchi- 4
Katsina- 2
12801 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 4040
Deaths: 361 pic.twitter.com/emGBvHicRg
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