Twenty-nine new COVID-19 cases recorded within one week – NCDC

Twenty-nine new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed within one week in Lagos, Kano, Nasarawa, Kaduna, Plateau states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a report on Sunday added that while the fatality toll remains at 3,155 in the 36 states and the FCT , the newly confirmed cases have increased the country’s infection toll to 259,858 cases.

The report shows that As of 10 January, Nigeria had tested 5,708,974 samples and discharged 259,850 patients.

It said, “From 7th to 13th January 2023, 29, new confirmed cases were recorded in Nigeria. The 29 new cases are reported from six states – Lagos (15), FCT (5), Kano (4), Nasarawa (3), Kaduna (1) and Plateau (1).

“A multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”

There had been reports 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.

NCDC, however, said the sub-lineages that are partly responsible for the current increase in COVID-19 cases in these countries (XBB.1.5 and BF.7) have not yet been detected in Nigeria.

It further 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.”