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See When California Plans To Fully Reopen Economy

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie California (Precise Post) – Governor Gavin Newsom on Tuesday said that California will fully reopen its economy on June 15 if COVID-19 hospitalizations are low and stable, and vaccine supplies are plentiful enough for everyone over the age of 16 who wants to be inoculated. The move to end pandemic restrictions in the most populous U.S. state comes as California continues to ramp up its vaccination efforts, with about 360,000 doses administered per day and 7.5 million people fully vaccinated. “We can now begin planning for our lives post-pandemic,” Newsom said. “We will need to remain vigilant, and continue the practices that got us here – wearing masks and getting vaccinated – but the light at the end of this tunnel has never been brighter.” If cases are low and vaccines readily available, businesses will be allowed to reopen fully, but they will still be expected to mandate mask-wearing and encourage people to become vaccinated, Newsom said. California was one of the first states to shut down its economy as the pandemic began last year, and at …

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COVID-19: Italy Records 18,025 New Cases, 326 Deaths On Sunday

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – Italy on Sunday reported 326 coronavirus-related deaths against 376 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections decreased to 18,025 from 21,261. Italy has registered 111,030 deaths linked to COVID-19 since its outbreak emerged in February last year, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain and the seventh-highest in the world. The country has reported 3.6 million cases to date. Patients in hospital with COVID-19 – not including those in intensive care – stood at 28,432 on Sunday, down from 28,489 a day earlier. There were 195 new admissions to intensive care units, down from 234 on Saturday. The total number of intensive care patients fell to 3,703 from a previous 3,714.

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COVID-19 Curve Countinues To Flatten As NCDC Confirms 50 Fresh Infections

April 4, 2021April 4, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The COVID-19 curve has continued on the flattening direction as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed only 50 fresh cases on Saturday in Nigeria. The report released via it’s twitter handle said the new cases were recorded from six states as follows: Lagos-27; Plateau-11; Bayelsa-7; Gombe-3; Nasarawa and Ekiti-1 each. As at today, the total confirmed cases in Nigeria stood at 163,113 out of which 151,853 patients have been treated and discharged. Altogether, 2,058 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related complications since the index case was reported in February 27 last year. The NCDC gave the breakdown of total confirmed cases as below:

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COVID-19 Update: NCDC Confirms 112 New Cases

March 21, 2021March 21, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The latest report from the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control has it that 112 new cases of #COVID-19 were confirmed on Saturday night in Nigeria. The report released via it’s twitter handle said the fresh infections were recorded from the underlisted states including FCT: Lagos-35; FCT-22; Ondo-17; Kaduna andEbonyi-9 each; Bauchi-6 and Kebbi-4. Other states where the new cases were reported are: Delta, Osun and Jigawa-2 each; Borno, Edo, Kano and Nasarawa -1 each. The health agency further added that the total confirmed cases have risen to 161,651 out of which 147,775 patients have been treated and discharged from across various isolation facilities in Nigeria. The NCDC regrettably reported that 2,030 lives have been lost to the COVID-19 related complications since the index case was reported in February 27 last year. It gave the state by state breakdown of the total confirmed cases as follows:

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COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 120 New Cases, Total Now 160,657

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Francis Etuko. Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 120 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total confirmed cases now to 160,657 patients in Nigeria. In its report released via its twitter handle, the COVID-19 infection curve is flattening as only 14 states reported infections (including FCT) and Lagos recording the highest with just 32 cases. It is followed by Rivers with 25 cases and Kaduna 20 infections. According to the report, other states where infections were recorded are: Bayelsa-13, Kano-7, Jigawa and Borno-5, Abia-4, Oyo-3, Plateau-2 with FCT, Ogun, Nasarawa and Imo recording 1 infection each. The health agency further stated that 145,399 patients have been treated and discharged from across the various isolation facilities in the country while 2,013 lives have been lost to the COVID-19 related complications since the index case was reported in February 27 last year. The NCDC gave the breakdown of the total confirmed cases as below:

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COVID-19: NCDC Records 662 New Cases, Total Now 150,908

February 20, 2021February 20, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that 662 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country, bringing the total confirmed cases to 150,908 as at Friday night. Releasing the report via it’s twitter handle on late yesterday, the health agency said that the new cases were recorded from 23 states including FCT as follows: Lagos-167; FCT-116; Ogun-45; Kano-44;Akwa Ibom-35; Edo-34; Rivers-27; Kaduna-23;Osun-23; Kwara-22; Taraba-2; Oyo-20; Ondo-19;Plateau-14; Abia and Imo-11 each. Others are; Nasarawa-7; Niger-6; Bayelsa-5;Delta-5; Enugu-3; Ekiti-2 and Jigawa-1. The health agency further stated that 127,500 patients have been discharged from across the various isolation facilities in Nigeria. The NCDC regrettably announced that the total of 1,813 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related ailments since the index case was reported in February 27, 2020. See the table for the breakdown of the total confirmed cases as released by NCDC below:

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COVID-19:Anambra Leads With 344 Cases As NCDC Records 1,368 New Infections

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie1368 new cases; Abuja (Precise Post) – The latest COVID-19 report released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has it that Anambra led other 27 states with 344 cases out of the 1,368 infections recorded on Tuesday. According to the report released via it’s twitter handle account, Oyo State came second with172 cases while FCT and Benue came third and fourth with 148 and 107 cases respectively. The other are: Rivers-95; Ogun-59; Ondo-56;Ebonyi-53; Kaduna-52; Plateau-46; Kwara-36;Enugu-30; Akwa Ibom-26; Osun-22; Edo-20 andAbia-17. Other states where fresh cases were recorded are: Kano-16; Borno-15; Cross River-10;Delta and Gombe-8 each; Imo-7; Ekiti-5;Sokoto-4; Jigawa, Bayelsa, Nasarawa and Zamfara-3 each. The health agency further gave the breakdown of total confirmed cases as follows:

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COVID-19 Update: NCDC Confirms 1,143 New Cases, Total Now 145,664

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Our Reporter. Abuja (Precise Post) – Nigeria has recorded 1,143 new cases of COVID19, bringing the total confirmed cases to 145, 664, the Centre for Disease Co ntrol has reported. Releasing the report late Saturday via it’s twitter handle, the NCDC said the fresh infections were recorded from 20 states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-319; FCT-157; Kwara-90; Oyo-74;Enugu-72; Nasarawa-69; Imo-58; Osun-51; Gombe-49 and Kaduna-31. Others are: Edo, Katsina and Kebbi-23 each; Ogun-22; Kano and Rivers-19 each; Ebonyi-18; Plateau-14; Delta-7 and Ekiti-5. The health agency further disclosed that 120,399 patients have been discharged from various isolation facilities across the country since the index case was reported in February 27 last year. It regrettably reported that 1,747 lives have been lost to the COVID-19 related complications and gave the total confirmed cases as below:

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NCDC Confirms 1005 Fresh Cases Of #COVID-19 In Nigeria

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 1,005 fresh cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria. The health agency which disclosed this via it’s twitter handle late Friday night, said the new cases were recorded from the underlisted states including the FCT; Lagos-204; Kwara-155; Oyo-124; Plateau-80;FCT-75; Edo-56; Osun-48; Ondo-41; Kaduna and Rivers-40 each and Taraba-35. Other states where the new cases were recorded are: Borno-32; Ekiti-21; Ogun-20;Kano-14; Bayelsa-8; Delta-7; Bauchi-3 andJigawa-2. The NCDC further informed that it has recorded a total of 144,521 confirmed cases since the index case was reported and that a total of 118,866 of them have been treated and discharged across the various isolation facilities in Nigeria. The health agency regrettably reported that 1,734 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related complications and gave the breakdown of total confirmed cases as below:

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NCDC Confirms 1,131 New Cases Of COVID-19 in Nigeria

February 11, 2021February 11, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed1,131 new cases of #COVID-19 in the country. The report released Wednesday night via it’s twitter handle has it that the new cases were recorded from twenty two states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-297; FCT-194; Kaduna-83; Kano-59;Oyo-58; Taraba-53; Imo-52; Osun-47; Plateau 45; Edo-43; Akwa Ibom-42; Rivers-42, Ogun-29 and Kwara-24. Other states where fresh infections were reported are: Benue-21; Nasarawa-16; Ekiti-7;Bauchi and Delta-6 each; Bayelsa-4; Sokoto-2 and Gombe-1. The NCDC gave the breakdown of the total confirmed cases as :

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NCDC Confirms 1,634 New Cases Of COVID-19

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control Tuesday confirmed 1,634 new cases of #COVID19 . According to the NCDC report released via twitter handle, the new cases were recorded from 26 state as follows; Lagos-440; Anambra-160; FCT-158; Rivers-134;Abia-103; Oyo-90; Enugu-81; Osun-73; Gombe-54; Kwara-50; Ogun-32; Plateau-32; Akwa Ibom-31; Ondo-24; Borno and Delta-23 each. Others states where the infection were recorded are: Ebonyi and Taraba-21. Bayelsa-16;Kaduna-15; Nasarawa-13; Jigawa-12; Bauchi and Kano-11 each, Zamfara-4 and Sokoto-2.

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COVID-19: New Infection Cases Shrink To 676 Against 685 Reported On Monday – NCDC Says

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Francis Etuko Abuja (Precise Post) – The new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection Tuesday shrinked to 676 as against Monday’s figure of 685, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported. The NCDC in its released report stated that the 676 cases were recorded from 19 states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-227; Rivers-73; Niger-69; Plateau-56;FCT-50; Kano-44; Oyo-43; Ogun-27; Gombe-18;Ondo-15; Enugu-10; Osun-10; Cross River andEdo-8 each. Others are: Nasarawa-7; Bauchi-4; Kaduna-3; Ekiti and Zamfara-2 each. The health agency further said that the total confirmed cases have risen to 131,918 while a total of 106,275 patients have been discharged. It added that 1,607 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related ailments since the index case was reported in February 27 last year. The breakdown of the total confirmed cases is given as:

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NCDC Confirms 1114 New Cases of COVID-19

January 30, 2021January 30, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 1,114 new cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria. While releasing the report via it’s twitter handle late Friday night, the agency stated that the new infections were recorded from the underlisted states including the FCT: Lagos-408FCT-95Plateau-90Ondo-66Kaduna-63Oyo-56Borno-46Imo-42Edo-41Ogun-37Rivers-31Ekiti-25Yobe-20Kano-18Akwa Ibom-18Delta-15Osun-15Kwara-11Bayelsa-6Nasarawa-6Zamfara-4Bauchi-1. It gave the breakdown of the total confirmed cases as below:

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NCDC Confirms 964 New Cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria

January 25, 2021January 25, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Chris Udochukwu Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 964 new cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria. The health agency which disclosed this via its twitter handle said these fresh cases were recorded from the underlisted states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-360FCT-88Ogun-73Imo-72Kaduna-67Plateau-57Abia-41Osun-41Rivers-32Kano-26Niger-24Benue-23Edo-20Cross River-20Akwa Ibom-8Nasarawa-6Zamfara-6Ekiti-6Jigawa-4. The health agency further stated that the fresh infections have raised the total confirmed cases to 121,566 out of which 97,228 patients have been treated and discharged. The NCDC regrettably informed that 1,504 lives have been lost to the complications since the index case was reported in February 27, 2020. See below the breakdown of total confirmed cases:

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NCDC Says 1,617 New Cases of #COVID-19 in Nigeria

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 1,617 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded on Monday in Nigeria. The announcement was contained in a statement released via it’s twitter handle account. The health agency said that the new cases were recorded from 18 states including the FCT as follows: Lagos-776Kaduna-147Kwara-131FCT-102Plateau-78Edo-59Ogun-53Osun-45Rivers-37Taraba-36Nasarawa-34Adamawa-33Kano-26Delta-20Ebonyi-16Bayelsa-11Gombe-11Borno-2. The NCDC further stated that the total confirmed cases have risen to 112,004 out of which 89,939 patients were discharged. This is also as the Centre has informed that a total of 1,449 lives have been lost to COVID-19 related complications since the index case was recorded on February 27, 2020. See the breakdown of the total confirmed cases below:

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Main Reason Why ASUU is Kicking Against Re-opening of Universities

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 - by Editor - Leave a Comment

By Ogechi Okorie Abuja (Precise Post) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday pointed out the real reason why it’s kicking against re-opening of universities on the 18th of January, 2020. ASUU has insisted that Nigerian universities are not ready to re-open in the middle of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Recall that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had earlier directed universities to resume academic activities on January 18. But ASUU is asking the federal government to review the decision, as more COVID-19 cases continue to be reported across the country. Precise Post recalls that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday reported 1,244 new cases and three more deaths. “Our concern is rooted in the safety of our members,” ASUU’s National President, Biodun Ogunyemi, said on Sunrise Daily. “What happens to congested hostels, crowded classrooms? What flexible arrangements are in place? It is a situation of emergency. I’m not sure the Universities can cope. When asked if e-learning was an option for universities, the ASUU President said the necessary infrastructure was not in …