Lagos accounts for 42% of the total number of Covid-19 cases in Nigeria. Africa’s most populous nation now has the highest number of infections in West Africa.
The number of new cases recorded stands at 216 with 9 new deaths. Lagos the epicenter of this pandemic in Nigeria recorded 74 new cases in a single day while the Federal Capital Territory recorded 4 new cases.
Nigeria has conducted a total of 35,345 number of coronavirus tests nationally recording 6,175 numbers of confirmed cases, 1,644 numbers of recoveries, and 191 deaths.