By Our Reporter
The story emanating from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC is not a palatable one as the country has recorded another huge 386 new cases of Coronavirus, with Lagos in sharp lead, with 176 new infections.
Nigeria now has a total confirmed Coronavirus cases of 3, 912.
This is the highest figures to be recorded by the nation in a single day, with Lagos ramping up 176 new infections and Kano, 65 new cases.
While the nation has discharged 679 survivors, it recorded 117 deaths, with 10 new deaths recorded on Friday. See below number of cases in other States
In a related development, the Lagos State Government’s efforts to curb the deadly disease met a brick wall on Friday as some people who tested positive for Coronavirus fled their homes when government officials came to take them to isolation centres.
Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi disclosed this at a news conference to give update on Coronavirus situation in Lagos.
He said government always experience a situation where some people who tested positive would run away from their home once they discover their status, and that some even switched off their phones.
Abayomi added that some positive patients would shut their doors against government officials and leave the environment because they were afraid of being isolated.
He appealed to Lagosians who tested positive not to run away but to cooperate with government officials.
In his words: “There is also a situation that we experience, when we test people, sometimes they find it difficult to find them. The ambulances will go into community, people will flee their homes, and they make it difficult for us to find them.”
“If you have tested positive, we expect you to cooperate with us and make yourself available so that you can be admitted and accessed.
“Our isolation facilities are really comfortable, it is not like the Ebola days, we have made a lot of improvements.
“Members of the executive and senior people in government have been admitted into those facilities. If I test positive, I will go to one of those facilities.”
How States Stand
176-Lagos
65-Kano
31-Katsina
20-FCT
17-Borno
15-Bauchi
14-Nasarawa
13-Ogun
10-Plateau
4-Oyo
4-Sokoto
4-Rivers
3-Kaduna
2-Edo
2-Ebonyi
2-Ondo
1-Enugu
1-Imo
1-Gombe
1-Osun
