BREAKING: COVID-19 rising fast in Nigeria with 146 fresh cases

The cases of COVID-19 are fast rising in Nigeria again, with 146 fresh cases confirmed on Thursday by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

The figures represent a rise from the 110 cases logged in on Wednesday and the 91 cases posted on Tuesday.

Lagos rakes in 74 percent of the fresh cases on Thursday, reporting 110 new cases of the deadly virus.

With the new cases logged in on Thursday, total confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria stands at 168,256 , with 164,415 survivors discharged and 2,122 deaths reported.

See figures below

Lagos-110
Enugu-18
Oyo-7
Rivers-5
Gombe-3
FCT-2
Kaduna-1
168,256 confirmed
164,415 discharged
2,122 deaths

TopNaija recalls that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Thursday also said it has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2.

The NCDC in a statement said the variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria, following the routine travel test required of all international travellers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja.

The deadly Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility.