The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 520 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 146,184. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle.
Nigeria also recorded five COVID-19 deaths, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,752. “520 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria; Ondo-120 Borno-41 Ebonyi-37 Benue-33 Plateau-30 FCT-29 Nasarawa-25 Ogun-25 Edo-24 Osun-24 Katsina-22 Kaduna-21 Niger-20 Kwara-14 Ekiti-13 Yobe-10 Oyo-4 Bayelsa-1 Jigawa-1.” More Nigerians have continued to test positive for COVID-19 and more deaths have been recorded from its complications.
However, Nigeria recorded fewer COVID-19 infections and deaths when compared to the previous week. It also recorded increased recoveries during the same period… Last week, Nigeria recorded 100 new COVID-19 deaths which are the highest since the beginning of the second wave.
The data also showed that the tally of 100 deaths last week shows there is a sharp increase when compared to the 69 deaths recorded in the previous week.
Meanwhile, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the COVID-19 pandemic, during their last briefing, explained that at least 13 cases of the new strain of COVID-19 first reported in South Africa and the United Kingdom (UK) have been found in Nigeria. The chairman, Boss Mustapha, said at least six of the cases were discovered in the last one week.
“Testing is still being aggressively pursued as a viable strategy and the PTF shall continue to appeal to not just the citizens to get tested but call on sub-national entities to ensure that capacity of the laboratories that have been established within their jurisdictions be fully maximised,” he said.