By Emma Ogbuehi
The infection rate of the COVID-19 delta variant keeps rising as Nigeria recorded 753 more cases with five new fatalities by Thursday, August 12.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) through its Facebook post on Thursday night. According to NCDC, the infections were reported in Lagos, the FCT and 12 other states of the federation.
Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus with 364 new cases. FCT recorded 12 infections with Akwa Ibom coming second on the list with 141 cases.
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Other states with high number of cases include Oyo – 74, Rivers – 46, Abia – 38, Ogun -24, Kwara – 20 and Ekiti – 10.
States with low infections include Delta – 9, Edo – 6, Plateau – 5, Imo – 3 and Bayelsa – 1.
