Nigeria on Wednesday confirmed 196 new cases of the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country which draws the total number of confirmed cases to 1728.
This was announced by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on their social media channel late Wednesday evening.
The tweet read;
“196 new cases of #COVID19 reported;
87-Lagos, 24-Kano 18-Gombe, 17-Kaduna, 16-FCT, 10-Katsina, 8-Sokoto, 7-Edo, 6-Borno, 1-Yobe, 1-Ebonyi, 1-Adamawa
“As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
“Discharged: 307, Deaths: 51.
196 new cases of #COVID19 reported;
87-Lagos
24-Kano
18-Gombe
17-Kaduna
16-FCT
10-Katsina
8-Sokoto
7-Edo
6-Borno
1-Yobe
1-Ebonyi
1-AdamawaAs at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307
Deaths: 51 pic.twitter.com/1ul1P8JvTH— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 29, 2020
In other news, NAFDAC has advised people to carry out a test on the face mask made from clothing materials before replying on it to protect them from COVID-19.
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Nigerians are advised to wear one and hold a lighted candle in front of their face then try to out off the lighted candle by blowing air. If the candle goes off, it means the face mask is not reliable.
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