The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and the Federal Ministry of Health have confirmed three new cases of COVID-19 in Abuja and seven in Lagos.
In a statement by the Federal Ministry of Health, the new cases brought the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to twenty-two.
According to the statement, ”The Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has confirmed 10 (ten) new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria; 3 (three) new cases in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and 7 (seven) new cases in Lagos State. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 22 (twenty-two).
”All 10 (ten) new cases are Nigerian nationals; 9 (nine) of them have travel history to the Canada, France, Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom. They returned to the country in the past 1 (one) week; the 10th case is a close contact of a previously confirmed case.
”The 3 (three) cases in the FCT are being treated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada while the 7 (seven) new cases in Lagos are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH), Yaba. All 10 (ten) new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are currently receiving treatment.”
The Ministry further said as of Saturday, two cases have been discharged out of the total twenty-two and ‘there has been no death from COVID-19 in Nigeria.’
It therefore assured citizens of the Federal Government’s commitment to providing optimal care for all confirmed cases in the country, while noting that contact tracing to identify all persons who had contact with the new confirmed cases is ongoing amidst effective screening at all entry points.