BREAKING NEWS

Nigeria’s COVID-19 Recoveries Now 33,346 As Lower Daily Toll With 290 More Cases recorded

by Tunde Olorungbotemi









Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo underwent Covid-19 test over the weekend at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.


Nigeria has recorded a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases with 290 new cases, compared with last Sunday’s toll which was 437.


The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday night via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov


According to the NCDC, this brings the total number of persons who have tested positive in the country to 46,867.


The new cases were from 16 states.


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Lagos and the FCT reported the highest cases for the day – 82 each.


Other states with fresh cases are Oyo – 19, FCT – 18; Edo – 16; Kaduna – 15; Enugu -9; Ogun – 9; Kano -8; Kwara – 8; Cross River -5; Ondo – 5; Rivers -5; Ekiti -4; Imo – 3 and Borno – 2.










The NCDC also twitted that as at Monday, 10th August 2020, 46,867 cases had been confirmed,  33,346 cases treated and discharged, while 950 deaths were recorded.












In Another developed story, the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo underwent Covid-19 test over the weekend at his residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

 










The former president has received many guests of late, hence the test.

 

His media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi said the test came back negative.










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