The NCDC also recorded additional 65 new COVID-19 cases and zero fatality in the last 24 hours. NCDC said since the beginning of the pandemic, the country had recorded 164,488 COVID-19 cases, while 2,061 people had died from it. It said that the country had also tested 1,870, 915 people since the first COVID-19 cases was announced on Feb. 27, 2020. Meanwhile, the NCDC said that the Federal Government could not regulate the cost for COVID-19 test in private laboratories. “As the country’s response to COVID-19, the public health laboratories will continue to provide testing free-of-charge for public health needs,” it said.

Source: The Guardian April 22, 2021 08:26 UTC