Nigeria has confirmed three hundred AND fifty-seven new cases of COVID-19 amid the wave of fresh infections resurging in parts of the country.
In a statement on Tuesday via her verified social media handle, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) explained that the fresh infections were confirmed between July 9 and 11.
These cases, it stated, were reported in five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The report ranked Lagos State with the highest number of infections with two hundred and ninety-two and was followed by Yobe with twenty-five recorded cases, Rivers recorded twenty, FCT had eleven, Kano had seven cases, and Delta two.
According to the NCDC, four states comprising Abia, Kaduna, Plateau, and Sokoto recorded zero cases within the period.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to two hundred and fifty eight thousand eight hundred and seventy-four since the first COVID-19 case was reported in late February 2020.
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