Nigeria on Monday recorded 1,204 new cases of COVID-19, as the new spike in the pandemic continued its climb in the country.
The new numbers took the country’s total infections to 91,351, according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control.
Lagos State recorded three deaths on the same day, while two died in Sokoto, and one died in Kebbi and Abia each.
Giving a breakdown of the Monday infection figures, NCDC said Lagos recorded the highest with 654, while Federal Capital Territory had 200.
The distribution in other states was as follows: Plateau-60, Kaduna-54, Kano-40, Rivers-30, Edo-28, Nasarawa-25, Kebbi-19, Bauchi-18, Oyo-13, Akwa Ibom-12, Bayelsa-11, Ogun-11, Delta-nine, Abia-eight, Benue-five, Imo-three, Borno-two, Sokoto-one and Osun-one. The agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) has been activated at Level III, to coordinate the national response activities.
Both federal and state governments in Nigeria have responded in various ways to the resurgence in the COVID-19 pandemic. Government have postponed the resumption of schools to January 18, while the federal government has restored the curfew from midnight to 4 a.m.
In most of the states of the federation, the annual 31st December cross-over church services were shelved as the government directed in its bid to prevent large gathering of people.
