A second wave of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) seems to be hitting Nigeria as the country continues to record significant increase in number of daily infections.
The latest case update provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that 617 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, having carried out a total daily test of 4,012 samples across the country.
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According to the NCDC, the 617 new cases were reported from 15 states — Lagos (225), FCT (181), Kaduna (125), Adamawa (25), Nasarawa (20), Kano (12), Rivers (8), Edo (4), Ekiti (4), Bayelsa (3), Ogun (3), Plateau (3), Akwa Ibom (2), Delta (1) and Sokoto (1).
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 72,757 out of which 65,850 cases have been discharged and 1,194 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Eko Hot Blog gathers that Nigeria has tested 838,333 out of its estimated over 200 million population.
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