Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed additional 304 new COVID-19 cases in 12 states and the FCT on August 20. 2021.
That pushes the number of active cases of the pandemic in Nigeria to 15,200, according to NCDC.
The public health body, however, did not state if the majority of the infections were from the contagious Delta variant.
The NCDC disclosed this on its verified website on Saturday morning, adding that the numbers of confirmed cases in the country has surged to 185,571 with 168,124 recoveries.
A breakdown of the the new cases showed “Rivers (154), Ekiti (33), Edo (20) FCT (18), Oyo (17), Cross River (15), Delta (15), Akwa Ibom (13), Ogun (11), Bayelsa (4), Sokoto (2), Gombe and Nasarawa reported (1) each respectively, comprised the list of states that registered the new cases.
”The trajectory of the active cases in Nigeria is “steep” and “worrying”. There has been a very steep rise in the country’s active cases in the last one month”, the NCDC said.
However, the public health agency encouraged Nigerians to remember to maintain a high index of suspicion for COVID-19 and adhere to all preventive measures, by wearing a face mask properly in public places, while maintaining a physical distance of two metres.
“Patients and caregivers should adhere strictly to the home-based isolation criteria and other infection prevention and control measures,” the NCDC said.