Nigeria recorded 597 new COVID-19 cases reported on Wednesday, Sept. 29, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Centre said the fresh infections were spread across 18 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Topping the chart, Lagos recorded 126 cases, followed by Rivers with 76 infections. Kwara reported 44 infections, […]
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Nigeria on Monday, Sept. 27, reported 12 deaths and 297 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total confirmed cases to 204,752, according to government data. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the fresh infections were spread across 15 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Rivers State recorded 63 cases, overtaking Lagos State […]
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Nigeria, on Monday, Sept. 20, reported six deaths and 393 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total confirmed cases to 202,191, according to government data. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the fresh infections were spread across 15 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The FCT recorded 121 cases, overtaking Lagos State […]
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Nigeria recorded 168 new COVID-19 infections, the lowest daily tally since the start of the third wave of the disease driven by the surge of the Delta variant. According to the update from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Lagos State reported 75 infections, followed by Abia State with 26 cases, on Sunday, Sept. […]
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Nigeria’s third wave of COVID-19 is setting records with total positive cases nearing 200,000 in daily tally, driven by the Delta variant. At least 387 new cases and 21 deaths were reported in 16 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday, Sept. 13, according to an update by the Nigeria Center for Disease […]
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Nigeria has again recorded a steep rise in COVID-19 cases with 597 new cases reported on Thursday, Sept. 9, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The Centre said the fresh infections were spread across 18 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. It added that the latest data included backlogs of […]
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Nigeria reported 379 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths on Monday, Sept. 5, according to government data. Until now, the country had been reporting an increase in cases above 400, with the COVID-19 average test positivity rate standing at six per cent, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC). As of Tuesday morning, […]
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Despite the announcement of a third wave due to the rising figures of confirmed cases and spread of a deadlier Delta variant, some Nigerians are still unperturbed at the mention of COVID-19. Some Nigerians still live in disbelief over the existence of COVID-19. This is obvious in the way people in social and public gatherings […]
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Nigeria recorded 790 new COVID-19 infections, the highest daily increase in two weeks since the start of the third wave of the disease driven by the surge of the Delta variant. The country also reported one more death on Wednesday, Aug. 11, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Lagos in the Southwest […]
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Nigeria recorded 565 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours in a continuous spike in the nationwide daily tally, according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night, Aug. 6. With the new infections, the total confirmed cases in Nigeria rose to 177,142 while the death toll climbed […]
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Chikwe Ihekweazu, Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said the current rate of COVID-19 transmission in Nigeria is the lowest level recorded since March 2020 when the pandemic struck. “In the last two months, you would have seen a continuous decline in the number of positive COVID cases that we have found,” […]
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