Nigeria records 29 fresh coronavirus cases in one week
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 29 new coronavirus infections recorded across five states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as an update released on Sunday noted that the latest report represents cumulative data for cases recorded in one week, from 7 to 13 January.
Penpushing reports that the Director-General of the agency, Ifedayo Adetifa, who confirmed at a press conference in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the centre is on red alert following global concerns about new strains of the pandemic.
The record revealed that while the fatality toll remains at 3,155, the newly confirmed cases have increased the country’s infection toll to 259,858 cases, while as of 10 January, Nigeria had tested 5,708,974 samples and discharged 259,850 patients.
Penpushing further reports that it is recalled that the disease control centre recently warned about the resurgence of coronavirus in China and the increase in hospitalisation and death in the United Kingdom and United States of America(USA), driven by the usual winter exacerbations of respiratory illnesses.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported that countries such as China, the United States of America (USA), the United Kingdom (UK), South Africa and India, are currently battling with the rise in Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant and its lineages, dominating recorded infections worldwide.
Penpushing also reports that the agency, however, said the sub-lineages that are partly responsible for the current increase in coronavirus cases in these countries (XBB.1.5 and BF.7) have not yet been detected in Nigeria, noting that “the B.5.2.1 has been seen since July 2022 and the others are most likely here already”.
The agency noted that since the detection of the Omicron variant in December 2021, its sub-lineage (BQ.1/BQ.1.1) has been dominant in Nigeria, but none of these dominant sub-lineages in Nigeria that are also circulating elsewhere has been associated with any increases in case numbers, admissions, or deaths locally.”
Penpushing reports that the breakdown of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) data shows that Lagos State, the epicentre of the disease in the country, topped with 15 infections, followed by the FCT and Kwara state with five and four cases respectively, while Nasarawa State recorded three infections, Kaduna and Plateau States recorded one case each.
Meanwhile,the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) added that the multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
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