Gbeleyi Abayomi
Nigeria’s total no of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Sunday rose to 7,839 as 313 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Also, five deaths were recorded on Sunday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 226.
In the breakdown of the newly confirmed cases, Lagos as usual recorded the highest daily figure of cases reported with 148 infections.
In a tweet announcing the no of index cases late in Sunday, The agency said the 313 new cases were reported in 17 states which are Lagos , Federal Capital Territory (FCT,) Rivers, Edo, Kano, Ogun, Ebonyi, Nasarawa, Delta, Oyo, Plateau, Kaduna, Kwara, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Niger and Anambra.
“Till date, 7839 cases have been confirmed, 2263 cases have been discharged and 226 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” it said.
The 313 new cases are reported from 17 states: Lagos – 148, FCT – 36, Rivers – 27, Edo – 19, Kano – 13, Ogun – 12, Ebonyi – 11, Nasarawa – 8, Delta – 8, Oyo – 7, Plateau – 6, Kaduna – 5, Kwara – 4 Akwa Ibom – 3, Bayelsa – 3, Niger – 2, and Anambra – 1.
Nigeria has so far tested 44,458 persons since the beginning of the pandemic.
A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that out of the total confirmed cases, there are 5,350 active cases, 2,263 have recovered and have been discharged, and 226 deaths have been reported.
A breakdown of the 7,839 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3,505 cases, followed by Kano – 896, FCT – 505, Katsina – 308, Borno – 250, Jigawa – 241, Oyo – 240, Bauchi – 232, Ogun – 231, Edo – 191, Kaduna – 189, Gombe – 145, Rivers – 116, Sokoto – 116, Plateau – 83, Kwara – 79, Zamfara – 76, Yobe – 47, Nasarawa – 46, Osun – 42, Delta – 39, Ebonyi – 33, Kebbi – 32, Niger – 28, Adamawa – 27, Akwa Ibom – 24, Ondo – 23, Ekiti – 20, Taraba – 18, Enugu – 18 Bayelsa – 11 Imo – 7, Abia – 7, Anambra – 9, and Benue – 5.
There has been an increase in the number of cases reported across the states despite Nigeria’s low figure of people tested for the virus.
So far, only two states, Kogi and Cross River, have not reported any case in the country.
The Spike in no of cases is coming in the heels of some governors relaxing the religious lockdown ahead of Salah prayers
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