Nigeria’s Coronavirus Daily Figure Falls Below 300 for Third Day
For the third day on Thursday, the number of daily coronavirus infections in Nigeria was less than 300. Continuing a trend that began Tuesday, the latest figure is 296, one of the lowest in at least two months.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said that 296 infections are the numbers recorded in 17 states making it a total number of 53, 317 with only 1 death recorded in the last 24 hours while the total deaths recorded is 1,011.
The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 17 states – Plateau (85), Enugu (46), Oyo (31), Lagos (21), Rivers (20), FCT (15), Kaduna (13), Bauchi (12), Delta (11), Ekiti (11), Akwa Ibom (7), Ebonyi (6), Kwara (5), Ogun (4), Osun (4), Gombe (3), Niger (2).
Again, Plateau had the highest of the daily reported cases with 65 infections on Thursday. Enugu and Oyo followed with 46 and 31 cases respectively.
Though Lagos came fourth in the daily tally with 21 new infections, the city remains Nigeria’s coronavirus hotspot with over 18,000 infections and 202 deaths.
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital is the second most impacted with a total of over 5,000 cases and 50 deaths.
The latest update came barely hours after authorities postponed the resumption of international flights in Nigeria.
International flights, earlier scheduled to resume on August 29, will now commence on September 5.
The Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NACA), Musa Nuhu, explained that the postponement is to ensure all non-aviation logistics are put in place.
The NCDC update also came amid reports that some Nigerian students participating in the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examinations examination have tested positive for COVID-19.
On Thursday, the Permanent Secretary, Bayelsa State Ministry of Health, Inodu Apoku, said 20 students have tested positive for the contagion in the state.
Nigeria has tested nearly 400,000 since it reported its index case on February 28 in an Italian traveler.A total of 40,726 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.