Latest COVID-19 News Update for Tuesday, 1 September 2020

Happy new month and welcome to another pleasant day, here are compilation of the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on Gistlover for today, Tuesday, September 1st, 2020.

Here are the latest Coronavirus news headlines:

1- 143 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria on 31st of august 2020

143 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, August 31.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Plateau state recorded 35 new cases, Kaduna-21, Lagos-19, FCT-13, Ebonyi-9, Adamawa-7, Enugu-7, Katsina-7, Edo-6, Kwara-5, Osun-3, Anambra-2, Kano-2, Niger-2, Ogun-2, Benue-1, Borno-1 and Sokoto-1

Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 41,638 patients have been discharged while 1,013 deaths have been recorded.

2- COVID-19: Lagos Health Commissioner Recovers

The Lagos State Health Commissioner, Akin Abayomi, has recovered from COVID-19 after one week in treatment.

This was disclosed by the state Information Commissioner, Gbenga Omotosho, on Monday.

3- India’s Single Day Coronavirus Cases Sets World Record

India has reported the highest ever single-day coronavirus cases, with a total of 78,761 cases in the span of 24 hours, the previous record was held by the United States, recording 77,299 cases in July.

4- COVID-19: Lagos State University (LASU) Students to Resume In Batches – VC

The Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun has announced that students of the institution will be resuming in batches.

Making this announcement during a radio program on Eko FM on Monday, Fagbohun revealed that students of 400,500 and 600 level will be allowed to resume before others. Read more here.

And that’s all on the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on GistLover for today. More COVID-19 and Nigerian news headlines are on this dependable website. Do enjoy the rest of your day.