COVID-19: As Nigerian doctors down tools, country confirms 407 new infections

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The 407 new cases have raised Nigeria’s total infection to 174,315.

Nigeria on Sunday confirmed 407 new cases of coronavirus infections across 16 states of the federation and theThough the figure is less than the 497 recorded 24 hours earlier, it is still high compared to the consistent steep reduction in the number of cases that were recorded before the highly transmissible Delta variant found its way to the country.

The Nigerian government is scheduled to formally take delivery of a total of 4.08 million of Moderna vaccines donated by the government of the United States of America.According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in an update on its Facebook page late Sunday night, the 407 new cases have raised Nigeria’s total infection to 174,315.

Nigeria’s commercial centre and coronavirus epicentre once again took the lead with 160 cases out of the 407.Kaduna State came 4th on the log with 18 cases and neighbouring Katsina followed with seven infections.Delta and the FCT recorded four cases each while Ebonyi recorded three with Edo and Niger states recording two infections each.

 

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