Nigeria recorded 930 new confirmed coronavirus infections on Wednesday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said. The Federal Government had warned that the country is on the verge of a second wave of the pandemic and had ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres, which had been closed due to reduced patient load.
According to the NCDC the 16th of December 2020, 930 new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. The 930 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (279), FCT (179), Plateau (62), Kaduna (54), Kano (52), Katsina (52), Imo (42), Jigawa (42), Rivers (38), Kwara (30), Nasarawa (19), Yobe (15), Ogun (13), Borno (10), Oyo (9), Niger (9), Ebonyi (6), Bauchi (6), Edo (5), Taraba (4), Sokoto (2) and Cross River (2).
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, had said, “We have observed, rather sadly, that Nigerians, particularly some faith-based organisations have continued to hold events of large gatherings capable of spreading the virus. The pandemic still has a long a way to run and decisions made by leaders and citizens in the coming days will determine the course of the next days and months; and in addition, and in line with the guidance on the use of masks, we need to discourage the practice of removing masks to speak,”
Mustapha further stated that even though vaccines are rolled out, people will need to keep adhering to public health measures so that everyone is protected.
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