Nigeria logs 8,179 COVID-19 cases, 72 deaths in 15 days
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There were four new deaths in the last 24 hours and 72 in 15 days, more than double the 30 logged in July.
By Abujah Racheal/Abuja
Nigeria has registered 8,179 COVID-19 cases in 15 days, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on its website on Tuesday.
There were four new deaths in the last 24 hours and 72 in 15 days, more than double the 30 logged in July.
It said the country confirmed 584 new cases on Monday, from the 541 recorded on Sunday.
This increased the total till date to 183, 087.
Active cases stood at 13,554, as against 13,152 reported on Sunday.
There was no information about the percentage of the variants of concern in the new figures.
Total recoveries shot up to 167,310 with additional 178 on Monday.
The agency added that about 2,648,684 samples had been tested for COVID-19 in Nigeria.
A breakdown of the 584 cases:
Lagos-201
Rivers-149
FCT-82
Ondo-73
Ekiti-17
Cross River-13
Oyo-11
Ogun-9
Delta-8
Osun-8
Bayelsa-4
Kaduna-4
Kano-2
Kwara-2
Sokoto-1
183,087 confirmed
167,310 discharged
2,223 deaths
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