COVID-19: Rivers leads as Nigeria records two deaths, 1,139 new cases Thursday

In order to curb the spread of the pandemic, the Nigerian government has insisted on vaccination for citizens and residents across the country.The surge in COVID-19 infections has consistently been on the rise in Nigeria, as the fourth wave of the pandemic ravages the country.confirmed two additional fatalities and 1,139 new infections on Thursday, thereby increasing the infection toll to 241,513.

Next on the log are Gombe State with 47 cases, Akwa Ibom State with a backlog of 41 cases for December 27 to 29, 2021; Kaduna and Niger states with 36 cases each and Ondo State that reported 35 cases.While Cross River recorded nine cases, Ekiti and Kebbi reported eight cases each; Nasarawa, four cases, while Enugu and Jigawa States recorded a single case each.

The ranking also listed Jigawa State, North-west Nigeria, as the second on the log with 29.03 per cent, followed closely by Ogun State in the South-west with 17.24 per cent of the targeted population. Oyo ranked fourth with 13.67 per cent.However, apart from Osun, Zamfara, Delta, Cross River and Gombe States which ranked 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th on the log respectively, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Ebonyi and Enugu ranked 37th, 36th, 35th, 34th, and 33rd respectively.

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