{"id":159314,"date":"2021-07-16T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/?p=159314"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:31:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:31:27","slug":"third-wave-nigeria-records-159-new-cases-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/third-wave-nigeria-records-159-new-cases-of-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Wave: Nigeria Records 159 New Cases of COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nigeria has recorded an additional 159 cases of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in its daily updates on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the agency, Lagos still maintains the highest figures with 119 new cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other affected states are Akwa Ibom (19), Rivers (11), Ogun (5), Ekiti (2), FCT (1), Delta (1), Kwara (1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This now brings the total of confirmed cases in the country to 169,074. While 164,652 have recovered from the virus, 2,126 have died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is coming days after the NCDC said it had detected the Delta COVID-19 variant in the country and amid concerns over the resurgence of a third wave of the disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2,\u201d the health agency said in a statement last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NCDC, however, assured Nigerians that the federal government has put measures in place to combat the disease, asking them to adhere to the recommended safety protocols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite fears over the spike in cases and the confirmation of the highly contagious Delta strain, many Nigerians have abandoned safety protocols recommended by health authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

READ ALSO: SECURITY OFFICIALS TAKEOVER LAGOS \u2013 SET TO FOIL PLANNED PROTEST<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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