While a total of 4,107 new infections were recorded in the previous week, Nigeria recorded 3,870 new cases last week......
However, while a total of 4,107 new infections were recorded in the previous week, Nigeria recorded 3,870 new cases last week . This represents a five per cent reduction in the number of newly confirmed infections when compared with the previous week’s record.The review further shows that the number of people who recovered from the virus and were discharged increased last week.
Since there is no cure for the respiratory disease yet, the health minister, Osagie Ehanire, urged Nigerians to focus on prevention, which according to him, is better and cheaper than cure. A breakdown of the 31,987 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 14,300 cases, followed by FCT – 3451, Oyo – 2, 517, Edo – 2, 165, Delta – 1, 464, Rivers – 1,640, Kano – 1,455, Ogun – 1,244, Kaduna – 1,349, Ondo – 1,043, Katsina – 733, Borno – 609, Gombe – 558, Bauchi – 538, Plateau – 780, Ebonyi – 759, Enugu – 741, Abia – 536, Imo – 465, Jigawa – 322, Kwara – 711, Bayelsa – 326, Nasarawa – 308, Osun – 435, Sokoto – 154, Niger – 167, Akwa Ibom – 208, Benue – 294, Adamawa –...
Last week, all the thirty-six states, except Kogi, Jigawa and Zamfara, recorded at least a new case of the virus.
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