The Minister made this known in Abuja during the Presidential Task Force (PFT) on COVID-19 100th day briefing.
With him at the briefing were the PTF Chairman Boss Mustapha and Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Director General Chikwe Ihekweazu.
The death toll arising from coronavirus was put at 342 last night, (Saturday 6th of May, 2020).
Ehanire said: “because of the large numbers involved, even the three percent fatality rate is very high.
“In other countries that have been taken by surprise, the health system has been overwhelmed and they have lost hundreds and thousands of citizens to COVID-19.
“We in Nigeria are striving to make sure that our health system does not get overwhelmed by the number of cases.
“We are doing all the testing as rapidly as possible by identifying cases, putting the ones that are positive in quarantine, and those that are positive and have severe symptoms are being treated, we continue to monitor the situation.