A pleasant day to you and welcome to the compilation of the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on AllNews for today, Wednesday, September 23rd, 2020.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that the country recorded 176 new confirmed cases of coronavirus on September 22, 2020, while the number of COVID-19 deaths within the country remained 1100.
The 176 new cases were recorded in 24 hours from 14 states - Lagos (73), Plateau (50), FCT (17), Rivers (8), Ondo (6), Niger (5), Ogun (5), Edo (3), Kaduna (3), Oyo (2), Bauchi (1), Bayelsa (1), Delta (1), Nasarawa (1). Read more here.
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has said that it allocated N1 billion to 32 states in the country, while the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Chikwe Ihekweazu, said that Nigerians should not 'celebrate' a drop in COVID-19 cases.
This was disclosed by the Coordinator of the PTF, Sani Aliyu, on Monday in Abuja, stating that the money was to support the states' fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.
Cabinet office minister, Michael Gove, announced that plans for fans to return to watch live sports events in England from October will not go ahead.
The UK's COVID-19 alert level has been moved to 4, meaning transmission is "high or rising exponentially". Read more here.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis admitted Monday that his government had made a mistake when it eased restrictions aimed at containing coronavirus over the summer.
His mea culpa came as governments across Europe struggle with a second wave of Covid-19 infections following the holiday months in which the number of cases began rising sharply. Read more here.
And that’s all on the latest Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) news update on AllNews for today. More COVID-19 and Nigerian news headlines are on this dependable website. Do enjoy the rest of your day.
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