Nigeria's former and current federal capital have 8,785 confirmed cases, or 51 per cent of recorded cases in the country.
The number of coronavirus cases in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory is higher than the combined figure for all the other 34 states in which infections have been recorded in Nigeria, aA review of the data provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control showed that Nigeria’s former and current federal capital have 8,785 confirmed cases, or 51 per cent of recorded cases in the country, while all the other states have a total of 8,363 cases or 48.7 per cent of the total.
The total number of cases is significantly low compared to other countries in Europe, America and Africa.Despite the increase in figures, many health experts believe the country is not doing enough and the figures may not present the existing realitiesThe NCDC said Wednesday it has activated four additional labs in the COVID-19 Molecular Laboratory Network.
With a population of over 200 million people, Nigeria tested only above 96,000 persons and confirmed 17,148 cases. South Africa with 59 million people has tested more than one million persons and confirmed 76,334 infections in four months. Despite the increasing cases, Nigerian government lifted its lockdown in major cities and replaced it with an interstate travel ban as well as dusk to dawn curfew.
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