We have excess testing capacity in Lagos’
Lagos State which happens to be the epicenter of CORONAVIRUS in Nigeria has claimed that it has excess testing capacity presently.
This was claimed by the State Commissioner of Health Professor Abayomi.
“We still have excess testing capacity; we have three reference laboratories – One each at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, and the Lagos State Level 3 Biosafety Laboratory.
“Each of those facilities is testing up to 50 daily, if you add that up we have 150 tests per day and we are increasing that capacity by the day. Hopefully, we will be able to get to 200 and soon we might be able to get to 300.
The Commissioner said the testing kits donated by China’s richest man, Jack Ma, to help fight coronavirus were still in the possession of the Federal Government.
Cases rise to 140
COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 140 on Tuesday evening.
The NCDC on Tuesday, night said eight new cases had been recorded bringing the total number of cases in the country to 139.
The centre, however, did not include one case which the Bauchi State Government earlier on Tuesday said tested positive.
“As of 08:00 pm of March 31, there are 139 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths,” the NCDC said on its twitter handle, @NCDCgov.
With the latest cases, Lagos now has 82 cases; the FCT, 28; Kaduna, three; Oyo, eight, Osun, five and Ogun, four.
Enugu and Edo have two cases each, while Ekiti, and Rivers Benue have one case each. Bauchi has three cases.
Nine patients have been discharged with two deaths recorded.
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