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COVID-19: Nigeria records 712 New Cases, Four Deaths On Christmas

COVID-19: Nigeria records 712 New Cases, Four Deaths On Chri

The National Centre for Disease and Control (NCDC) on Friday said the 712 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease and four death attributed to the virus were recorded across 20 states in Nigeria on Christmas Day.

AllNews understands that the recent figures recorded make the total number of coronavirus infections in the country rise to over 82,747 with the total number of death increased to1,246.

Nigeria is currently battling its worst phase of COVID-19 with the recent surge in infections officially declared the second wave last Thursday by the federal government.

Health experts believe the lowering of guard on safety and the weak enforcement of protocols by officials, especially in the country’s major airports in Abuja and Lagos, could be responsible for the recent spread, noting that the situation could get worse if citizens keep violating safety protocols.

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Active cases in the country have risen from about 3,000 some weeks ago to over 11,000. Although out of the over 82,000 cases so far in Nigeria, 70,239 patients have been discharged from hospitals after treatment.

The 712 new cases were reported from 20 states which are Lagos (388); FCT (77); Kwara (39); Katsina (35); Bauchi (33); Plateau (22); Ogun (18); Akwa Ibom (16); Delta (13); Kaduna (12).

Others are Osun (12); Yobe (11); Sokoto (10); Kebbi (8); Enugu (6); Edo (5); Ondo (3); Niger (2); Kano (1); and Oyo (1).

However, Lagos and Abuja led with 388 and 77 new cases respectively on Friday, more than half of the daily total number of infections recorded.

With the country sliding into the second wave of the pandemic, federal authorities ordered the reopening of all isolation and treatment centres in the country.

A resemblance of the new variant of the coronavirus currently causing panic and concern in the United Kingdom and the European Union has been identified in Nigeria by scientists at the Africa Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID).

 

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