Positive cases of covid19 has been reported from Cross River state following the monday night report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC).
After months of recording no Positive case, the state has now joined the list of states affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Out of the the 575 samples that were confirmed positive yesterday by the NCDC, five were from Cross River.
The confirmation for Cross River comes three days after Ikpeme Ikpeme, chief medical director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), disclosed that five patients — including two health workers — tested positive for COVID-19 in the hospital.
With the latest development, all 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) now have confirmed cases of COVID-19 as stated days ago by the NCDC DG.
Below is a breakdown of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria on Monday.
575 new cases;
Lagos-123
FCT-100
Delta-58
Edo-52
Ogun-42
Katsina-24
Bayelsa-23
Rivers-22
Borno-19
Plateau-18
Ondo-18
Oyo-17
Kwara-15
Osun-13
Enugu-9
Nasarawa-7
Abia-6
Cross River-5
Kaduna-3
Ekiti-1
29,286 confirmed
11,828 discharged
654 deaths.
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