The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria dipped below 4,000 for the second week in a row, data from the Centre for Disease Control showed.
The number of cases recorded in the week under review (July 26 to August 1)declined to 3, 560, compared with 3,870 recorded in the previous week (July 19-25).
That’s an 8 percent decrease.
DEATHS
The death rate also decreased by 65 per cent- twenty (27) persons succumbed to the disease compared with 78 the previous week.
RECOVERIES
The rate of recoveries however increased by 56 percent- from 2, 010 in the previous to 3,139 in the week under review.
SAMPLE TESTED
According to the public health agency data, more 283,916 samples have been tested nationwide.
24,400 of which were conducted last week-That is 51 percent less than the previous week figure of 50,700.
To date, more than 43,537 have been infected with the virus and 883 persons succumbed to the disease in Nigeria.
LAST WEEK DAILY CASES
Date Cases Discharged Deaths
26/07 555 426 2
27/07 648 829 2
28/07 624 561 8
29/07 404 240 5
30/07 481 266 5
31/07 462 295 1
01/08 386 522 4
STATE BY STATE BREAKDOWN
STATES CONFIRMED CASES
Lagos 15,186
FCT 3,933
Oyo 2,768
Edo 2,300
Rivers 1,806
Kano 1,597
Delta 1,510
Kaduna 1,457
Ogun 1,397
Plateau 1,211
Ondo 1,192
Enugu 821
Ebonyi 796
Kwara 753
Katsina 745
Borno 613
Gombe 607
Bauchi 560
Osun 553
Abia 551
Imo 469
Benue 346
Bayelsa 339
Nasarawa 329
Jigawa 322
Niger 223
Akwa Ibom 221
Adamawa 164
Sokoto 154
Ekiti 141
Anambra 135
Kebbi 90
Zamfara 77
Yobe 67
Taraba 54
Cross River 45
Kogi 5
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