The number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria has exceeded 25,000, as the NCDC reported 566 infections with eight deaths on Monday.
With the new figure, 573 persons have now died of COVID-19 in the country.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new figures in a tweet via its verified Twitter handle, late on Monday.
As in the previous day, the new cases were recorded across 19 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Giving a breakdown of the cases, the NCDC noted that the five states with the highest number of infections were Lagos – 166, Oyo – 66, Delta – 53, Ebonyi – 43, and Plateau – 34.
Others included Ondo – 32, FCT – 26, Ogun – 25, Edo – 24, Imo – 15, Bayelsa – 13, Benue – 12, Gombe – 11, Kano – 11, Kaduna – 11, Osun – eight, Nasarawa – seven, Borno – five, Katsina – two, and Anambra – two.
Meanwhile, the next phase of the eased lockdown takes off for another four weeks beginning on Tuesday, and the presidential task force (PTF) on COVID-19 has announced more measures to tackle the pandemic.
At the briefing on Monday, Sani Aliyu, national coordinator of the PTF, spoke on new measures for air travel, entertainment activities, resumption of schools, and public and private sector services.
“The current nationwide curfew would remain. We will maintain restrictions on mass gatherings and sporting activities; domestic aviation services will recommence; movement across state boundaries will be allowed but only outside curfew hours,” he said.
“Students in graduating classes, only graduating classes, primary six, JSS 3 and SSS 3 will be allowed to resume in preparation for examinations.”
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