COVID-19: Nigeria Records 547 New Cases, Two Deaths 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday September 11, 2021 announced five hundred and forty-seven (547) confirmed new cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 in the country.

The virus also killed two (2) people on Saturday.

New cases of the pandemic have continued to rise for seven consecutive weeks across Africa including Nigeria, signaling the third wave as the country confirmed the deadly Delta variants.

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday July 11 in a statement announced a possible third wave of the pandemic in Nigeria.

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“Today’s report includes:

Confirmed (31) cases for Delta are backlogs for August 2021 and (17) for 11th September 2021

Confirmed (50) cases for Anambra are backlogs from July to 11th September 2021,” NCDC said.

As of Saturday September 11, there are 11,121, active cases in Nigeria.

547 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Confirmed Cases:

198,786 

Discharged:

185,075

Deaths:

2,590

Breakdown of cases by state;

Lagos-110

Oyo-72

Rivers-56

Anambra-50

Osun-49

Delta-48

FCT-42

Ekiti-29

Akwa Ibom-26

Abia-19

Kano-16

Edo-10

Benue-7

Ogun-6

Kaduna-5

Bayelsa-2

A breakdown of cases by state via NCDC portal