With the recent increase in daily cases, active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have jumped to 7,151.
Less than 24 hours after the Nigerian government officially declared the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, the disease has claimed 11 more lives with 444 new infections.said the 11 fatalities took the death toll in the country to 2,160.
According to the NCDC update, the 444 new infections recorded on Monday have also raised the total confirmed cases in the country to 174,759. The doctors’ decision, health experts say, would further complicate the country’s response to the pandemic as well as other infectious diseases such as cholera which are also on the rise.A breakdown of the NCDC data revealed that 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory contributed to the 444 new cases on Monday.
On Monday, Rivers and Akwa-Ibom states in Nigeria’s South-south region followed with 63 and 62 confirmed cases respectively.
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