NCDC stated on Tuesday that Monday’s figures raised the country’s infection tally to 238,420 and the death toll to 3,024.
The fire at the shopping complex was reported to have been caused by electrical malfunctions.
The children of the rich and affluent in Abuja are notorious for organising deadly car racing, especially during holidays, where they drive recklessly.
The police on Thursday, ordered full enforcement of the prohibition of all kinds of car and speed races in Abuja.
Mr Idriss claims those carting away goods were staff of the supermarket salvaging their products from the raging fire.
The minister expressed shock and deep sadness over the fire incident.
It is not immediately clear why police officers, Civil Defence operatives and other emergency responders at the scene kept looking while the looters steal unconscionably.
A thick smoke from the massive facility billowed into the sky Sunday morning.
The FCTA asked residents of the FCT to “practice the following measures as advised by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19.”
The federal government said Abuja is secure and very safe, and assured Nigerians of “their safety, of their security.”
