More COVID-19 cases recorded in Rivers: NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC ) has announced 357 new cases of COVID-19, with Rivers topping the log.
Data from the public health agency showed that the state recorded 170 new infections on Tuesday, placing it ahead of 11 other states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The 357 cases showed a decrease from the 584 recorded on Monday but raised the cumulative cases to 183,441. Ondo reported 38 cases while Gombe, Ogun, Ekiti, the FCT, and Anambra had 34, 20, 20, 18, and 16, respectively.
Others included Oyo, 13 cases, Kwara, 10, while Imo, Bayelsa, and Edo registered six cases each.
It said the additional infections did not include data from Lagos. The health agency noted that six more persons had died from the disease, raising the country’s total fatality to 2,229.
Nigeria had, on August 2, reported that 32 Delta variant cases of COVID-19 were detected in five states (Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, and the FCT), with 19 of them in Akwa Ibom.
The agency stated that it was scaling up its sequencing capacity to understand better the burden of variants of concern in the country.
(NAN)
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