He said 3, 746 suspected cases and 691 confirmed cases had also been recorded in 23 states of the country.
Speaking yesterday during the ministry’s bi-weekly COVID-19 update in Abuja, he said Lassa fever cases were on the rise with a case fatality rate of 19.1 percent.
He also said there was an increase in COVID-19 cases in Lagos State while a decline in cases was being witnessed in the Federal Capital Territory.
He said there was stability in cases in Kaduna, Kwara and Rivers States; while that of other states could not be ascertained.
While saying that the government planned sequencing the virus by the end of April , he said data from the National Primary Health Care Development Agency showed that 60 percent of those who received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine returned to take the second dose.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Ifedayo Adetifa, said, contrary to media reports, Nigeria was not witnessing increase in COVID-19 cases.
He said the agency was strengthening its national laboratory network, and that eight states could now test about 1000 samples per week.