Ehanire said this at the Presidential Tasks Force (PTF) on COVID-19 daily briefing on Monday in Abuja. According to him, fatalities at present is at two per cent, especially for the elderly and those with co-morbidities. “As the cause of the disease becomes clearer, the Director-General of WHO warns that COVID-19 may be with us for a long time. “By Aug. 3, we recorded 43,841 confirmed cases out of 286,091 samples tested, while 20,308 persons were treated and discharged with 888 persons dead,” he said. Ehanire also announced that plans were ongoing to designate holding rooms at general hospitals, with facilities for oxygen administration, such as oxygen concentrators or oxygen cylinders.

Source: The Guardian August 04, 2020 09:10 UTC