On Saturday, COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 12,233, with 8, 065 of them active and 3,826 patients discharged. But the Federal Ministry of Health told The PUNCH on Friday that there were 6,994 bed-spaces nationwide for COVID-19 patients. In her response, Adebiyi admitted that states such as Lagos with 5,729 cases and Kano, with 997 cases were battling with a shortage of bed-spaces. She, however, said states were making efforts to increase the number of bed-spaces for COVID-19 patients. Adebiyi said COVID-19 patients with hypertension, diabetes among others, would not be granted home care.

Source: Punch June 08, 2020 01:30 UTC