The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 245 new cases of COVID-19.
The disease control body announced this via its tweeter handle on Monday.
The total cases of COVID-19 in the country is put at 2,802 cases with total deaths now 93.
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“Yes, we knew today would be a problem because for the first time, people were let out of their homes but now they are out and we have seen the sunlight again, the challenge for us as a society is how do we now organise ourselves to mitigate these risks and limit transmission?” he said.
“We might have a few extra infection today and tomorrow but what we don’t want is an explosion of new infections. If we do have that infection, there will be almost no choice left for the leadership of the country than to ask all of us to go back into our homes. So for the benefit of coming out to reopen parts of the economy, there is a price to pay which is to reorganise ourselves to do this safely.”
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