The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday evening announced on their verified Twitter handle that Nigeria has recorded 19 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19)
The new update made the number of the novel virus in the country rises to three hundred and sixty-two (362) with ninety-nine (90) people discharged while eleven (11) deaths recorded so far.
Meanwhile, the Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Chikwe Ihekweazu, have noted earlier in a tweet on his account that the lockdown order in the country was a difficult decision but a short term strategy to prevent an exponential increase in Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.
Chikwe tweeted: “Sometimes it’s not a lack of resources that may lead to inefficiency but the inability to connect the dots.
“To measure efficiency in #COVID19 testing, we set a target to test 2000 samples per day in Lagos & 1000 per day in Abuja”
“The lockdown was a difficult decision but a short term strategy to prevent an exponential increase in #COVID19 cases.
“We will utilise the next 2 weeks as efficiently as possible and allow the economy restart in order to protect the health of Nigerians.”
