COVID-19 infections surge in Lagos as Nigeria records 1,584 new cases

Cases of infections swelled in Lagos as Nigeria’s COVID-19 new numbers reached 1,584 on Friday.

About 6,871 people live in every square kilometre of the densely-populated Lagos State with a 1,171.28 square kilometres land mass, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on Saturday that out of the 1,584 new infections recorded on Friday, Lagos State, the nation’s epicenter, recorded 906 cases.

This shows an increase of 307 infections when compared with the 599 cases the state recorded on Thursday.

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