The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, offered the explanation on Thursday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja
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This was revealed by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement on Friday
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle on Thursday
According to information from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos still accounted for a greater part of the 284 new infections with 199 cases
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 226 new cases of Coronavirus Disease, with Lagos State accounting for more than half of the figure
This was made known by the Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Obi Emmanuel Ikechukwu, who said the woman was one of the three new confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state as announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday
The development was disclosed by the Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, during an update of the activities of the State COVID-19 Task Force in Ado Ekiti on Monday
Dr. Omobolanle Olowu, Leader of the team, told journalists after visiting the 100-bed isolation centre in Adiabo, Odukpani LGA, that Cross River State was proactive to ensure safety of the state
According to the figures released on Monday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on its Twitter handle, Lagos State recorded 74 cases
The Commissioner, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Bala Ciroma, raised the alarm in a Situation Report he sent to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu
Dokpesi and his family tested positive of COVID-19 and were taken in for treatment at the Abuja treatment centre
Lagos State alone had 177 cases on Sunday, one more than the 176 recorded by the entire country on Saturday
Two top members of the PTF on COVID-19 gave the hint on Sunday
These were part of the figures released late on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its Twitter handle
While explaining, the State Commissioner for Health and Hospital Services, Dr. Muhammad Makusidi, said out of the 22 results received from the NCDC, eight were positive, while 14 are negative
The figures for Lagos on Wednesday and Thursday had been 51 and 58 respectively before recording more than half of the entire cases nationwide on Friday
Dokpesi, who was discharged on Thursday from the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital isolation centre, said this on Friday
In a report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja, the NCDC said data also showed that men were two times more likely to get the virus as shown in its latest demographic data on COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths by gender and age in the country
The 193 new cases were from 15 states
This was from the figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control late on Tuesday