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General News of Wednesday, 3 February 2021

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Nigeria reports sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as Lagos, Anambra lead

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The latest figures from the National Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a sharp spike in coronavirus cases after a drop within the last two days.

The figures show Lagos and Anambra topping the charts on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. More than 1,600 people were affected by the virus while six people died, representing a sharp increase from the 676 cases reported on Monday.

With Tuesday’s infections, Nigeria now has 133,552 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 107,551 survivors discharged and 1,613 deaths reported so far, PMNews Nigeria reports.

Of the 1,634 new cases posted on Tuesday, Lagos topped the chat with 440 cases, up from the 227 cases it posted on Monday.

Anambra came second after it recorded a spike in infections with 160 new cases, the highest it has ever reported since the pandemic broke out in February 2020. The state did not post any case the previous day.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja came third with 158 cases, a rise from the 50 cases it reported the previous day.

Rivers raked in 134 cases, up from the 73 cases it accounted for on Monday while Abia, with 103 cases recorded its highest cases since the pandemic broke out.

New cases were reported in 25 States and the FCT.

See full figures below

Lagos-440
Anambra-160
FCT-158
Rivers-134
Abia-103
Oyo-90
Enugu-81
Osun-73
Gombe-54
Kwara-50
Ogun-32
Plateau-32
Akwa Ibom-31
Ondo-24
Borno-23
Delta-23
Ebonyi-21
Taraba-21
Bayelsa-16
Kaduna-15
Nasarawa-13
Jigawa-12
Bauchi-11
Kano-11
Zamfara-4
Sokoto-2