With no fatalities, Nigeria recorded 332 new coronavirus infections between June 25 and 29, 2022.
While Nigeria is experiencing a significant increase in the number of infections, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has also raised an alarm that COVID-19 cases are on the rise in 110 countries, causing overall global cases to increase by 20 per cent.
WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, disclosed this on Wednesday during a virtual media briefing on its official Facebook account, noting that the latest surge in infection is driven by the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the virus.
He added that there’s a rise in fatalities in three of the six WHO regions even as the global figure remains relatively stable.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 update
The latest statistics released Thursday morning by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) show that Lagos State, the epicentre of the disease, accounted for more than 50 per cent of the new infections with 251…
