By our reporter
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC late Wednesday confirmed Kogi State now has two cases of its first ever Coronavirus.
This was contained in an official tweet.
TheConscienceng reports that Kogi state government and officials of the NCDC have been locked in a cold war over whether there are confirmed cases of the virus in the state or not, leading to various speculations amongst the general public.
The governor later claimed officials of the agency bolted when called upon for covid19 tests during their visit to the state. He later alleged a plot to smuggle coronavirus cases into the state.
With the fresh report on May 27, 36 states of Nigeria are now officially affected.
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases, with a current total confirmed 8733 cases.
Meanwhile, 2501 have been discharged while 254 were confirmed dead.
