The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 23 new cases of the coronavirus, as the total confirmed cases in Nigeria as at 8 pm on Wednesday 1st April 2020, hits 174.
The 23 new cases of the coronavirus as announced by NCDC, are 9 in Lagos, 7 in Abuja, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi.
This is coming a few hours after 12 additional new cases of the coronavirus, was confirmed on Wednesday, as the total number of people tested so far reaches 2000.
A breakdown of total cases shows:
174 confirmed cases
9 discharged
2 deaths
For a breakdown of cases by states: Currently;
Lagos- 91
FCT- 35
Osun- 14
Oyo- 8
Ogun- 4
Edo- 4
Kaduna- 4
Bauchi- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Akwa Ibom- 5
Dr Ehanire while giving a breakdown of the cases, said the cases show that about 70% are male while about 30% are female.
“The age range is mostly between 30 and 60 years but I must be quick to stress that both men and women of all ages can be infected,” he added.
He said the Federal Ministry of Health is using the window of opportunity of the lockdown in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun, to accelerate activities to detect, isolate and treat cases.
“This is important because our ability to achieve the objectives in these states and the FCT will largely define our success in slowing the spread of the infection in our country,” he said.
There are over 1000 bed spaces ready for isolation and treatment of mild to moderate cases, he said.
“We have ICU units ready in Gwagwalada and national hospitals for those who may have complications especially those with underlying illnesses like tuberculosis, HIV, Cancer and also the elderly”.
On the additional twelve cases recorded The nine new COVID-19 patients in Osun state came into the country from Benin Republic by road.
The minister said the patients were originally coming from Cote d’Ivoire and had passed through Benin Republic from where they were to link their destination by road.
He said the vehicle carrying several people, all Nigerians, was intercepted and the passengers were isolated and tested.
Osun has so far recorded 14 cases of the disease, the third-highest in the country. Lagos state has 82 cases while the federal capital territory (FCT) has 28 COVID-19 patients.