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NCDC Blames Low Vaccination Rates For Spike In COVID-19 Cases
Nigeria on Monday recorded 565 new COVID-19 cases and eight deaths, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
The NCDC stated this on Tuesday while stating this brings the total infections, since the index case in 2020, to 187, 588.
The NCDC attributed the surge to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.
The centre also said that eight COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Monday, bringing the total fatality figure to 2,276.
The NCDC stated that the new cases were reported in 13 states and the FCT.
It noted that Lagos state recorded the highest infections with 205 while Rivers followed with 73 cases, Ondo-63, FCT-53, Oyo-53, Ekiti-37, Delta-24, Edo-20, and Benue-12.
Others are Bayelsa-six, Kwara-six, Osun-six, Ogun-five, and Adamawa-two.
According to NCDC, Monday’s report includes a backlog of cases of seven COVID-19 cases reported from Benue on August 17, one on Aug. 18 and four on Aug. 19.
The Public Health agency did not indicate if the majority of the known active cases were from the contagious Delta variant.
The agency stated that over 2,727,834 million people had been tested while 168,818 patients recovered following the discharge of 363 additional people on Sunday.
The centre added that the multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre, activated at Level II, has continued to coordinate the national response activities.
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