The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced that it has registered additional 497 COVID-19 cases, adding to a recent surge in infections that is driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country.
The NCDC made this known on its official website handle, said it recorded no additional COVID-19 related death on Saturday, leaving the death toll at 2,149 in total.
According to NCDC, the 497 new cases were reported from 17 states and the FCT. Out of the 497 new cases, Lagos, according to NCDC, reported 211 more cases and was followed by Akwa Ibom, Kwara and Osun States which had 80, 73 and 29 fresh infections, respectively.
Others included Oyo 17, Rivers 17, Cross River 15, Edo 14, Anambra 9, Ogun 8, Ekiti 6, Bayelsa 4, FCT 4, Plateau 4, Bauchi 2, Nasarawa 2, while Kaduna and Jigawa recorder 1 each, respectively.
The NCDC said that 16 people have recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres in the country on Saturday.
The public health agency said that till date, 164,994 recoveries have been recorded in the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
It noted that the country had also tested more than 2.4 million samples for the virus out of the country’s estimated 200 million population.
The NCDC said that the country’s active cases stood at over 6,777, with total of infections rising to 173,908, as of July 31.
It said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, has continued to coordinate the national response activities.
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