The Federal Government has directed all Civil servants below salary Grade Level 12 to resume work on October 19, 2020.

The directive was issued by the Chairman Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha at the press briefing of the task force on Thursday.

He urged Ministries, Departments and Agencies to ensure that they alternate the days the Civil servants will be at work in order to ensure social distancing.

Recall that some Nigerian workers have been asked to work at home.simce. March this year when the lockdown which was declared to curtail the spread of COVID-19, with the exemption of those on essential duties have been going to work.

Nigeria total number of Covid-19 cases as at Wednesday October 14, 2020, stands at 60,834, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) while the number Discharged is 52,143.

Besides, a total of 1,116 deaths have been recorded while a total 564,936 tests carried out by the NCDC.

As at Wednesday, the latest numbers bring Lagos State total confirmed cases to 20,367, followed by Abuja (5,858), Plateau (3,547), Oyo (3,324), Rivers (2,683), Edo (2,639), Kaduna (2,522), Ogun (1,954), Delta (1,810), Kano (1,740), Ondo (1,652), Enugu (1,309),  Kwara (1,050), Ebonyi (1,044), Osun (907), Abia (898), Katsina (896), Gombe (883).  Borno (745), and Bauchi (710).