Covid-19 : 19 new cases confirmed
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced via Twitter on Tuesday night.
In a breakdown, NCDC said 14 cases was recorded in Lagos, 2 in FCT, 1 in Kano, 1 in Akwa Ibom and 1 in Edo state.
However, 99 patients have been discharged with 11 deaths recorded.
Meanwhile, Akin Abayomi, commissioner for health in Lagos state, says a total of 118,000 households have been reached in the active case search of possible COVID-19 cases in communities.
At a media briefing on Tuesday, the commissioner said community search was activated to limit the spread of the disease in the state which has the highest number of COVID-19 patients in the country.
Abayomi said 110 persons were found with symptoms of coronavirus but tests are being conducted to determine their status.
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