One hundred thirteen health workers have been infected with Coronavirus in Nigeria, according to the Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire.
Dr Ehanire made the disclosure during the Presidential Task Force briefing on Thursday.
He stated that the rapid speed of Coronavirus community transmission is a major concern for the PTF, but a bigger concern is the number of health workers who have now tested positive for the virus while in the line of duty.
Dr Ehanire further said: “The over 300 doctors that are infected is not true, there are not so many people in the health sector who are infected.
“The latest figures we have is that they are about 113 actually.” He said.
On Thursday, Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 1,932.
According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, of the new cases, 80 are in Kano, 45 are in Lagos, while 12 are in Gombe.
Thursday’s new cases are the highest reported in a day since the NCDC started compiling the pandemic data in February.
The number of deaths from the virus also rose to 58 while 319 have now recovered.
Across the world, the coronavirus has killed 230,309 people since the outbreak first emerged in China in December, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT on Thursday.
