COVID 19: Lagos in Danger Over Increase In New Variant
Lagos State, which is densely populated, is leading Nigeria's COVID-19 outbreak, with 1,584 new illnesses reported on Friday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Saturday that out of 1,584 new infections reported on Friday, 906 cases were recorded in Lagos State, the country's epicenter.
This represents a 307-infection increase over the 599 cases reported by the state on Thursday.
On Friday, the FCT and Rivers states reported 258 and 217 new illnesses, respectively.
Edo and Oyo states reported 85 and 50 cases.
Ondo (14), Bayelsa (12), Osun (10), Bauchi (9) and Kano (9) all had 16 cases (7).
The NCDC also claimed that the 1,584 COVID-19 cases on Friday raised Nigeria's total to 222,655, with 211,373 people treated and released.
The number of ca...