The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday reported 566 additional COVID-19 infections due to a surge in the spread of the Delta variant in the country.
The NCDC, which made this known via its website on Friday Morning, also stated that 11 COVID-19 related deaths were recorded as of Aug. 5.
According to the NCDC, 566 new infections were recorded across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
It stated that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre, reported 283 cases while Akwa Ibom followed with 88 cases and Oyo State ranked third with 62 cases.
Rivers recorded 62 cases to rank fourth while the FCT reported 18 new infections.
Ogun State and Ekiti reported 17 and 13 Infections each, while Kwara recorded 11, even as Plateau and Zamfara reported six and three, with Kaduna and Kastina registering two cases each, respectively.
It added that five states: Edo, Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto reported zero cases.
The Public health agency noted that the figure raised the country’s total infections to 176,577, while the fatality toll now stands at 2,178.
The new infections indicate an increase from the 747 cases announced a day earlier.
The figure is the highest daily infection recorded in the country for more than five months.
The country’s COVID-19 infections have been rising over the past weeks since the discovery of the Delta strain, bringing fears of renewed pressure on the health system.
The NCDC stated that 125 people had recovered and were discharged from various isolation centres in the country on Thursday.
It said that to date, 165,333 recoveries had been recorded nationwide in 36 states and the FCT.
The agency added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The health institute said the country had also tested more than 2.5 million samples for the virus out of the country’s estimated 200 million population.
The NCDC said the country’s COVID-19 average positive test rate was six per cent.
It stated that the country’s active cases stood at 9, 033, as of Aug. 5.
