As Nigerian authorities battle the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, seven more people died of complications relating to the disease on Wednesday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, disclosed this in its
latest update on the outbreak, saying 637 new cases were recorded in 18
states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.
Lagos reported the highest infections with 322 cases, followed by
Rivers, Edo, and Delta States that recorded 70, 54, and 34 more
infections respectively.
Others are Akwa Ibom – 31, Kwara – 31, FCT – 29, Ekiti – 17, Ogun –
14, Osun – 10, Kebbi – eight, Cross River – five, Plateau – three, Taraba
– three, Kaduna – two, Bayelsa – two, Benue – one, Enugu – one, and
Kano – one.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to
188,880, since the first COVID-19 case was reported in late February
2020.
Of the confirmed cases, 169,382 people have been discharged while
2,288 others have died from complications relating to the disease.
NCDC said it has so far collected and tested a total of 2,727,834 samples
across the country for COVID-19.
