The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 422 new COVID-19 cases for Aug 9, 2021.
The NCDC made this known on Tuesday morning, adding that the additional 422 cases were from nine states and the FCT.
The nine states include; Lagos with 190, Rivers 86, Ogun 85, Oyo 22, FCT 20, Kwara 7, Edo 5, Abia 4 and Bayelsa 3.
The agency said that Lagos state was standing at a dire inflection point, with the coronavirus cases surging and most of its population not yet fully vaccinated.
The NCDC announced that 219 people had recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres in the country on Saturday.
It said that till date, 165,982 recoveries had been recorded nationwide in 36 states and the FCT.
