COVID-19: NCDC Gives Update Across Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the nation’s total COVID-19 infections had Jumped to 188,243, across the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory, as of today August 24, 2021.

The NCDC said this via its verified website this morning and that the additional 655 infections, reported yesterday, raised the country’s total infections, attributing the country’s rise in number to the highly transmissible Delta variant and low vaccination rates across the country.

These were the reported cases since the beginning of the pandemic in February, 2020 in the country.