NCDC confirms 156 new cases of coronavirus

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 156 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country.

The latest figures bring the total number of cases in the country to 64, 884.

The state agency said one person died after carrying out a total daily test of 9,592 samples across the country.

60,936 cases have been discharged and 1,163 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory. A total of 697,544 tests have been carried out as of November 13th, 2020 compared to 687,952 tests a day earlier, Nairametrics said.

According to the NCDC, the 156 new cases were reported from 11 states- Lagos (70), FCT (22), Kaduna (18), Rivers (15), Plateau (11), Ogun (10), Bauchi (3), Katsina (3), Kano (2), Ekiti (1) and Osun (1).

Meanwhile, the latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 22,268, followed by Abuja (6,344), Plateau (3,716), Oyo (3,590), Rivers (2,905), Kaduna (2,757), Edo (2,680), Ogun (2,094), Delta (1,816), Kano (1,759), Ondo (1,717), Enugu (1,332),  Kwara (1,084), Ebonyi (1,055), Katsina (962), Gombe (938). Osun (937), Abia (926),  Borno (745), and Bauchi (744).

Imo State has recorded 648  cases, Benue (493), Nasarawa (485), Bayelsa (414),  Ekiti (341), Jigawa (325), Akwa Ibom (319), Anambra (282), Niger (281), Adamawa (261), Sokoto (165), Taraba (153), Kebbi (93), Cross River (89), Yobe (82), Zamfara (79), while Kogi state has recorded 5 cases only.

Lock Down and CurfewIn a move to combat the spread of the pandemic disease, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days, which took effect from 11 pm on Monday, 30th March 2020.

The movement restriction, which was extended by another two-weeks period, has been partially put on hold with some businesses commencing operations from May 4. On April 27th, 2020, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari declared an overnight curfew from 8 pm to 6 am across the country, as part of new measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

This comes along with the phased and gradual easing of lockdown measures in FCT, Lagos, and Ogun States, which took effect from Saturday, 2nd May 2020, at 9 am.

On Monday, 29th June 2020 the federal government extended the second phase of the eased lockdown by 4 weeks and approved interstate movement outside curfew hours with effect from July 1, 2020. Also, on Monday 27th July 2020, the federal government extended the second phase of eased lockdown by an additional one week.

On Thursday, 6th August 2020 the federal government through the secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 announced the extension of the second phase of eased lockdown by another four (4) weeks.

156 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-70
FCT-22
Kaduna-18
Rivers-15
Plateau-11
Ogun-10
Bauchi-3
Katsina-3
Kano-2
Ekiti-1
Osun-1

64,884 confirmed
60,936 discharged
1,163 deaths pic.twitter.com/0XNg1M992V

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) November 13, 2020