Nigeria on Friday reported eight deaths from the disease and confirmed 590 new cases, raising the country’s infection toll to 173,411.
The much dreaded third wave of the coronavirus pandemic may already be here fully in Nigeria as there is a gradual increase in the number of fresh cases and deaths from the disease.
According to the update, Friday’s figure is higher when compared with 558 cases reported 24 hours earlier and ranks the latest highest daily tally since March 4 when 708 cases were reported. On Saturday, Nigeria recorded 317 new cases as the country’s highest daily figure in four months, a record smashed by the 404 infections reported from 12 states and the FCT on Tuesday, which was also torpedoed by Thursday’s 535 cases.
The second position on the infection chart has continued to be filled by Akwa Ibom and Oyo State, with the former and another new entrant to the competition, Katsina State, displacing Oyo State in the latest ranking to the 4th position. Imo State, South-east Nigeria, recorded four cases in the latest data while both Ebonyi and Jigawa states recorded three cases each and Kano, one.
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