The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday morning reported additional 655 COVID-19 infections in the country, bringing total confirm cases in the country to 188,243 as of Aug. 24, 2021.
It disclosed that Rivers, one of the country’s hotspots area for the delta
variants recorded 188 cases on Tuesday, followed by Oyo – 64; Akwa
Ibom – 31; FCT – 28; Ekiti – 21; Edo – 17; Bayelsa – 11; and Kaduna –
7.
The new infections indicate an increase from the 565 cases, reported on
Monday.
The Public Health agency noted that the number of the country’s active
Coronavirus infections had again risen to 16,927, an increase from
16,494 reported on Monday.
The agency also reported that five more COVID-19 related deaths were
recorded as at Aug. 24, 2021, in Nigeria and deaths reported on Tuesday
increased the country’s fatality figure to 2,281.
The NCDC attributed the country’s rise in number to the highly
transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.
