BY IROEGBU IKECHIKWU
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC says Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to increase as 90 additional cases were recorded with two deaths on Monday 1st November 2021.
The NCDC disclosed this in its daily COVID-19 report on Tuesday morning.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 90 additional cases reported on Monday indicate an increase from the 74 cases reported in the country the previous day.
The public health agency noted that with the new fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus in the country now stood at 2,898.
The agency also revealed that the total infection from the pandemic currently stands at 212,051, while a total of 203,338 Nigerians have been discharged across the country.
It stated that Lagos topped the infection chart with 33 cases, out of which 22 cases were reported as a backlog for Oct. 31.