For the first time in close to one week, Nigeria’s daily
toll of COVID-19 infections dropped below 500.
The past week has seen the country confirm a record number
of new cases in one day with the figure rising to as high as 745 on Thursday,
making it the country’s highest daily toll ever.
The toll had decreased steadily over the weekend to 661 new
cases on Saturday, but with a significant drop on Sunday to 436 new cases in 18
states and the federal capital territory (FCT).
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the
new cases on Sunday night.
The last time Nigeria recorded less than 500 new cases daily
was June 14, exactly one week ago.
Within the past one week as well, more than 4,500 samples
have tested positive for the coronavirus, although 1,778 people have been
discharged.
In the update for Sunday, while Lagos and Oyo states
recorded 169 and 52 new cases, respectively, other states all had less than 40
new infections each.
Twelve patients were confirmed to have died of COVID-19
complications on Sunday, bringing the country’s current total to 518
fatalities.
Although the testing rate has almost tripled with over
113,000 samples tested, compared to less than 42,000 samples tested one month
before, the number of new COVID-19 cases has also increased by more than 200
percent within the same period — between May 21 and June 21, the country has
moved from 7,016 to more than 20,000 COVID-19 infections.
Meanwhile, out of Nigeria’s 20,244 confirmed COVID-19 cases,
12,847 are still active.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday436 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 21, 2020
Lagos-169
Oyo-52
Plateau-31
Imo-29
Kaduna-28
Ogun-23
FCT-18
Enugu-18
Bauchi-17
Bayelsa-14
Rivers-8
Osun-6
Kano-6
Edo-5
Benue-5
Adamawa-3
Borno-2
Abia-1
Ekiti-1
20,244 confirmed
6,879 discharged
518 deaths pic.twitter.com/Y1GqUgSMwI
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