Nigeria - Mohammed Bello, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says six COVID-19 patients have been discharged.
He made the announcement via his Twitter handle on Saturday.
A total of 46 persons have now recovered in the FCT.
“Dear FCT residents, I am delighted to announce the discharge of additional six (6) #COVID19 patients in the FCT after they tested negative in the subsequent tests carried out,” the tweet read.
“The total number of discharged patients in the FCT is now 46 as at 10am, May 9th, 2020.”
Dear FCT residents,
I am delighted to announce the discharge of additional six (6) #COVID19 patients in the FCT after they tested negative in the subsequent tests carried out.
The total number of discharged patients in the FCT is now 46 as at 10am, May 9th, 2020.
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FCT currently has the third highest number of confirmed cases in Nigeria with 336 cases, of which four fatalities have been recorded.
Earlier in April, Lagos and Abuja were regarded as the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, but there has been a significant spike in the number of cases in Kano, Borno, Gombe, Katsina, Jigawa, among others.
At the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing on May 1, Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, had also complained about lack of enough isolation facilities for COVID-19 patients in the FCT and other states in the country.
“From the information we have from the states, we have about 3,500 beds available right now. We push the states to make more beds available. We encourage every private sector partner if you want to support, do so in the state you are living. There is no state in Nigeria, even Lagos and FCT, that has fully fulfilled the bed capacity that they need to respond to this outbreak,” he said.
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