NCDC Confirms 1867 New Cases As Total COVID-19 In Nigeria Hit 107,345

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday confirmed
1867 new cases of COVID19 in Nigeria bringing the total cases of officially confirmed Coronavirus in the country to 107,345

According to the NCDC tweet “Our discharges today include 277 community recoveries in Lagos State, 150 in Kaduna State and 78 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of the 1867 confirmed new cases by state are as follows:
Lagos-713, Plateau-273, FCT-199, Kaduna-117, Oyo-79, Enugu-58, Ondo-53, Kano-49, Sokoto-43, Ogun-37 and Osun-37.

Others are Nasarawa-36, Rivers-28, Benue-24, Delta-24, Niger-24, Gombe-18, Edo-15, Taraba-12, Bayelsa-10, Ekiti-9, Borno-6, Zamfara-2 and Jigawa-1.

NCDC explained that to this extent, it is yet to confirm any evidence of COVID-19 variant associated with the spike.

“Viruses mutate, emergence of new variant strains of #COVID19 isn’t NEWS Genomic sequencing in Nigeria, done with @acegid
shows no evidence yet of variants associated with increased transmission, but we’re looking”

It however said, “An effective and sensitive surveillance system is critical for timely detection & response to disease outbreaks. This week’s epidemiological report – #NCDCWER focuses on ongoing efforts to strengthen disease surveillance in Nigeria.”