220 New COVID-19 Infection Cases Reported in Nigeria

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in northern part of Nigeria, Kano state have almost tripled in a few days after the government ramped up measures following a spate of "mysterious deaths", figures showed Friday.

On Saturday, May 2, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 220 new cases in the country with Lagos state recording more cases than others.

The virus is seriously spiking in Lagos, FCT and Kano which recorded 92 cases yesterday. Today, Kano has only 2 new cases, FCT has 52 cases and Lagos 62 cases.

Other states affected by the novel coronavirus are Kaduna with 31 cases, Sokoto reported 13 cases, Kebbi 10 cases, Yobe 9 cases, Borno 6 cases.

Edo and  Bauchi recorded 5 cases each, also Gombe, Enugu, Oyo reported 4 cases each, and Zamfara 3 cases.

While Nasarawa, Osun, Ebonyi, Kwara, Plateau recorded 2 cases each in the last 24hours.

According to the NCDC, the new cases were confirmed in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

As at 11:55pm May 2, a total of 2,388 confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been recorded.
17 more fatalities were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 85 while an additional 34  more persons were discharged, bringing the total number of recoveries to 385

Two cases previously reported in Katsina were repeat tests.

Therefore, as at 11:55pm May 2 2020, Katsina State has a total of 38 confirmed cases pic.twitter.com/VRHTGJIRmq

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 2, 2020

The World Health Organization is worried by the community spread of the new coronavirus in a significant number of West African countries, same day Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases surpass 2,000, with new infections.

Expressing his deepest concern, the regional head of the organization, Matshidiso Moeti told reporters that “We are very concerned about West Africa where we are seeing community spread in a significant number of countries.”

In a tweet on Thursday, the WHO Africa Regional Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said although many countries on the continent are making progress in the fight against the pandemic, the rate of community transmission in West Africa is on the increase.

“In terms of the situation in Africa, we are continuing to see an increase in cases,” she said. “What is very encouraging is that we have a number of countries who have reported zero cases over a couple of weeks.”

The WHO Africa chief added: “We are very concerned about West Africa where we are seeing community spread in a significant number of countries.”

Dr. Matshidiso admitted that it has not been easy for African governments to take decisions in the face of the COVID-19 as there is always a need “to balance” between the health of the people and the economy.

She, therefore, called for the use of data by various governments, warning that the virus may spread if cities are not on lockdown.

“We encourage very much the use of data so that when a government decides not to lock down a city, they need to be aware that there will be consequences in terms of the spread of the virus,” she explained.

According to her, governments across the continent must make tough decisions even as the disease ravages the world, stressing that “this is where we are worldwide.”

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States Affected |No. of Cases | No. of Active Cases |No. of Discharged | No. of Deaths.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	1,066	811	225	30
Kano	313	307	0	6
FCT	266	227	36	3
Gombe	96	96	0	0
Borno	75	64	0	11
Kaduna	66	59	6	1
Ogun	56	46	8	2
Sokoto	54	45	1	8
Bauchi	53	47	6	0
Edo	52	39	10	3
Katsina	40	28	6	6
Osun	36	15	18	3
Oyo	33	22	9	2
Delta	17	11	4	2
Akwa Ibom	16	4	10	2
Kwara	16	14	2	0
Rivers	14	10	2	2
Yobe	13	12	0	1
Ondo	13	10	3	0
Kebbi	12	12	0	0
Zamfara	12	11	0	1
Ekiti	11	8	2	1
Nasarawa	9	9	0	0
Enugu	8	6	2	0
Taraba	8	8	0	0
Jigawa	7	6	0	1
Bayelsa	5	5	0	0
Ebonyi	5	5	0	0
Adamawa	4	4	0	0
Plateau	3	3	0	0
Niger	3	3	0	0
Imo	2	2	0	0
Abia	2	2	0	0
Anambra	1	0	1	0
Benue	1	1	0	0

May 03, 2020