Nigeria last week recorded a 74 per cent increase in the number of coronavirus infected persons compared to the previous nine weeks, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed.
Nigeria last week recorded a 74 per cent increase in the number of coronavirus infected persons compared to the previous nine weeks, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official data from theThe country recorded 1763 new cases last week, about 74 per cent of the total 2,388 cases recorded in the previous nine weeks.
A total of 360 people recovered and were discharged in the past week compared to 385 reported in the previous nine weeks since Nigeria recorded its index coronavirus case in February.Before last week, the previous highest daily figure was 220. However, the country recorded 381 and 386 cases on Thursday and Friday respectively.
Lagos, alongside Ogun and Abuja, are the three states where the federal government, last Monday, relaxed a five weeks lockdown.
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