Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday confirmed 288 new cases of coronavirus across the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 193 new cases of the coronavirus, thus bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5,162.

The Ogun government says it will extend the current lockdown in the state by another one week.

Lagos State Government says it has discharged another 13 COVID-19 patients from its Yaba and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with the society.

Oyo state Government says it has discharged 11 COVID-19 patients from its Olodo Infectious Disease Centre in Ibadan having tested negative twice to the virus.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja met with security and service chiefs where he again pledged to address to all issues bringing a lot of sorrows to Nigerians.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity for the Nigerian people and government to reset the critical sectors of the economy and social services.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says numbers of confirmed COVID-19 infections in Lagos State has increased to 2,057.