Yemisi Izuora
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Friday said the country recorded 328 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 11,844.
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory of Abuja has recorded a spike in its COVID-19 cases, the highest in the last one week.
This is as the nation’s virus caseload jumped to 11,844 and the death toll also increased from 323 to 333.
The figure for the FCT was the highest for the Nigerian capital, since last Saturday when it recorded 52 cases.
On Sunday, the confirmed cases declined to 48 and went as low as 14 on Wednesday.
Now, it boomed again to 70. Figures for Lagos in the past five days may also be showing signs that the state has reached the peak and may be flattening the curve earlier than the July-August prediction.
The virus caseload for the state is also on a downward trajectory, with a new daily total of 121.
After reaching a daily peak of 378 on Saturday, it declined to 188 on Sunday.
On Thursday, the confirmed cases for Lagos also fell to 102.
The NCDC Confirmed the new cases on its verified Twitter handle, saying Lagos recorded 121 new cases, FCT-70, Bauchi-25, Rivers-18, Oyo-16, Kaduna-15, Gombe-14, Edo-13 and Ogun-13. Jigawa-8, Enugu-6, Kano-5, Osun-2 Ondo-2.
11844 cases of #COVID19Nigeria, Discharged: 3696, Deaths: 333