NCDC Records 565 New COVID-19 Cases, Three Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 565 cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Naija News reports that the agency made this known in a post on its Facebook page Friday night.

According to the NCDC, three additional fatalities from COVID-19 complications were recorded, raising the total deaths in four days to 32.

The new infection figure raised Nigeria’s total infections to 177,142 while the fatality toll stands at 2,181.

The increase in deaths and infections has been attributed to the fast-spreading Delta variant of the disease, and experts are of the opinion that the situation could get worse if an ongoing doctors’ strike continues.

About 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) contributed to Friday’s 565 new cases.

The NCDC data revealed that Lagos recorded 348 new infections.

Rivers State came second on the chart with 70 cases while Akwa Ibom State followed with 45 and Oyo State ranked fourth with 36 cases.

The FCT recorded 24 while Ekiti State recorded 15 infections, and Kwara and Ogun States reported seven new cases each.

Gombe State reported three cases while Anambra and Kaduna reported two cases each.

Bayelsa, Cross River, Edo, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto states recorded the lowest figure of one infection each.

Over 177,000 total cases, 165,409 people have recovered and have been discharged from hospitals across the country.