Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Health, Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said that late presentation of COVID-19 patients at approved treatment centres has largely contributed to the increased deaths recorded from the virus,
Mr Mamora while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday, said caregivers are holding on to suspected cases for too long before presenting them for treatment.
He noted that approved COVID-19 treatment centres have scaled up activities and are prepared to deliver quality care to patients.
He, therefore, appealed to caregivers to refer persons with suspected cases as promptly as possible, saying this would greatly improve treatment outcomes and drive the case fatality rate further down.
With a recent spike in coronavirus cases across the world, most countries including Nigeria are already in the second wave of the pandemic.
Since early December 2020, there has been an increase in coronavirus cases in Nigeria as the country continues to record relatively high daily infections.
Nigeria on Monday registered its highest daily figure of 1,204, a record likely to be broken soon going by the way the virus is spreading.
