The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, says in the past 10 weeks Lagos, FCT, Rivers and Kano States have recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases.
The commission disclosed this in it’s biweekly epidemiological report on Friday.
It noted that from june 30 to August 1, the cases took a new surge as 4,183 cases were reported, indicating an increase of 2,921 (231.5 per cent).
The NCDC, however, noted that there was a drop in the testing rate as reports for weeks 27 and 28 showed that the number of samples tested decreased.
It also said 261,473 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 have now been recorded, with 3,147 deaths while 254,953 have recovered.
