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The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the spread of the Delta variant in the country.
It stated that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre, reported 283 cases while Akwa Ibom followed with 88 cases and Oyo State ranked third with 62 cases.Ogun State and Ekiti reported 17 and 13 Infections each, while Kwara recorded 11, even as Plateau and Zamfara reported six and three, with Kaduna and Kastina registering two cases each, respectively.The Public health agency noted that the figure raised the country’s total infections to 176,577, while the fatality toll now stands at 2,178.
The health institute said the country had also tested more than 2.5 million samples for the virus out of the country’s estimated 200 million population.It stated that the country’s active cases stood 9, 033, as of Aug. 5.
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