COVID-19 Nigeria Update Today

Nigeria has recorded another 328 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.

Lagos, the epicenter has 121, FCT-70, Bauchi-25, Rivers-18, Oyo-16, Kaduna-15, Gombe-14, Edo-13, Ogun-13, Jigawa-8, Enugu-6, Kano-5, Osun-2, and Ondo-2.

Out of the 11844 confirmed cases, 3696 have been discharged while 333 have died.

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Confirmed Cases by State

States AffectedNo. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)No. of Cases (on admission)No. DischargedNo. of Deaths
Lagos5,6634,69490267
Kano98555738246
FCT86262321722
Katsina38516819819
Edo3642499619
Kaduna33512819710
Oyo3342151127
Ogun32913318610
Borno32211118526
Rivers30818610418
Jigawa2821241535
Bauchi281512228
Gombe184501277
Kwara12781451
Delta11677318
Sokoto11549714
Plateau11327842
Nasarawa9054315
Ebonyi807280
Zamfara760715
Yobe5220257
Osun4910354
Imo4728190
Akwa Ibom4529142
Adamawa4211274
Niger4123171
Ondo3811216
Kebbi330294
Bayelsa301983
Enugu3016140
Ekiti255182
Taraba188100
Abia15870
Benue131210
Anambra12831
Kogi3300

Covid-19: Lagos won’t bring tourism to a halt, commissioner promises innovations

Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Pharmacists Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, has promised innovation in the sector.

She, therefore, assured residents of the state that the fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic by the state government will not bring a total halt to the tourism and entertainment industry of the State.

She made the promise while speaking at a ministerial press briefing commemorating the first year in office of Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu held at JJT Park, Alausa, Ikeja.

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Akinbile-Yusuf stated that the economy of the state thrives significantly on the activities of practitioners in the sector who should not be kept out of job permanently and who acknowledged the fact that the sector remains one of the worst-hit sectors by the pandemic.

She however, maintained that it behooves the state government and practitioners in the sector to be ingenious in their approaches to the “new normal” which the economy of the world is assuming.

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