Covid-19 – Panic As Nigeria Records One Death, Highest Daily Infections in Months
The new cases on Friday were recorded in 10 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
Health experts are afraid the imminent third wave of the coronavirus pandemic may have already hit the country as Nigeria on Friday recorded 317 fresh cases of the dreaded infection.
The country also reported one death from the pandemic, raising the nation’s death toll since the outbreak to 2,131.
tally to 170,623.
Specifics
The new cases were, according to the NCDC, recorded in 10 states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
Lagos, for the umpteenth time, reported the highest figure from the daily tally with 172 cases and this is followed by Akwa Ibom State which reported 62 cases.
In Oyo State, South-west Nigeria, 33 cases were registered, followed by 32 reported in Rivers State.
Ekiti and the FCT reported five infections each while Ogun recorded three, Sokoto, two, and the trio of Bayelsa, Gombe and Kano States registered one each.
Of the 170,623 persons infected by the disease in Nigeria since the outbreak in February, 2020, a total of 164,780 have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.
With the recent increase in daily cases, the active cases in the country now stands at 3,240.
Nigeria has tested over 2.4 million samples for COVID-19 across the country.
By Premium Times.
