The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says that the country recorded 582 new COVID-19 cases as of September 1, bringing total infections to 193,013.
The NCDC spoke via its official website, on Thursday morning, noting that the recent surge was driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country.
The News Agency Of Nigeria reports that the 582 fresh cases reported on Wednesday, indicated a decline from the 626 cases posted the previous day.
The public health agency said that the fresh cases were reported from 15 states and the FCT, with Lagos having 175 cases, Rivers-124, Edo-60, Delta-57, Akwa Ibom-44, Anambra-25, Bayelsa-22, Gombe-19, Ekiti-12, the FCT-12, Kaduna-11, Kano-6, Benue-5, Plateau-5, Ogun-3 and Jigawa-2.
It stated that Wednesday’s report included 20 backlog of cases reported for Delta from August 29 (3), 30 (17), 31 (10) and September 1, (27).
“Twenty two backlog of cases were reported for Bayelsa State from August 31 (8), and September 1, (14), while 44 backlog of cases were reported for Akwa Ibom State from August 31, (18) and September 1 (16).
“8 backlog of deaths for Delta State from August 18 to 31 and five states that reported zero cases are; Abia, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, and Sokoto,” the NCDC said.
It stated that on the day under review, 241 COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres across the country, while 11 persons died of complications from the virus.
It noted that so far, 179,000 recoveries and 2,480 deaths have been reported in the country.
The NCDC noted that the number of active coronavirus infections in the country had, however, increased from 11,203 reported on Tuesday to 11,533 on Wednesday.
The NCDC added that over 2.7 million samples of the virus had been tested out of the nation’s roughly 200 million population.
The public health agency said that the new infections had increased the country’s toll to 192, 431 cases.
With the rising cases of COVID-19 in the country, the NCDC encouraged Nigerians to take collective responsibility. “Wear a face mask properly to cover your nose and mouth in public.
“Wash your hands regularly with soap under running water and practice physical distancing,” the agency said.
The NCDC also said that a multi-sectoral National Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.
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