The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday September 01, 2021 announced five hundred and eighty-two (582) confirmed new cases of coronavirus, also known as COVID-19 in the country.
The virus also killed eleven (11) people on Wednesday.
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:
A backlog of 20 cases reported for Delta State from 29th (3), 30th (17),31st (10) August and 1st September (27), 2021
A backlog of 22 cases reported for Bayelsa State from 31st August (, and 1st September (14), 2021
A backlog of 44 cases reported for Akwa Ibom State from 31st August (18), and 1st September (16), 2021
A backlog of 8 deaths for Delta State from 18th to 31st August 2021.
Five States with zero cases reported: Abia, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, and Sokoto States” NCDC said.
As of Wednesday September 01, there are 11,533 active cases in Nigeria.
582 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Confirmed Cases:
193,013
Discharged:
179,000
Deaths:
2,480
Breakdown of cases by state;
Lagos-175
Rivers-124
Edo-60
Delta-57
Akwa Ibom-44
Anambra-25
Bayelsa-22
Gombe-19
Ekiti-12
FCT-12
Kaduna-11
Kano-6
Benue-5
Plateau-5
Ogun-3
Jigawa-2
A breakdown of cases by state via NCDC portal
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