Lagos State has recorded a spike in COVID-19 cases with 404 in the last 24 hours, increasing the state’s infection figures to 17,764.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the disclosure on Sunday in its COVID-19 Situation Report for August 22.
According to the NCDC, Lagos has 404 new cases out of the 601 confirmed cases reported in the last 24 hours from 21 states.
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The health agency also disclosed that 684 patients, who were treated and had fully recovered, were discharged, making the number of COVID-19 patients discharged in the state at 15,209.
It, however, announced one COVID-19 related death in the state, increasing the state’s COVID-19 mortality to 202.
Lagos State remains the epicentre of COVID-19 cases with 17,764 of the total 51,905 cases in the country.
Also, data by the World Health Organisation, WHO, Africa Region, shows that there are 1,167,848 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the continent
WHO said that there are over 888,000 recoveries and 27,322 deaths.
