COVID-19 sample tests exceed 100,000 in Lagos - The Nation

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday said Lagos State had tested 100,607 samples for COVID-19 infections since the inception of the pandemic.It said that out of the 411, 077 COVID-19 sample tests conducted in the country, Lagos had conducted the highest number of sample tests.

On the chart list for the tests, Lagos was followed by Abuja with 49,022 tests, while Kano, Plateau, and the Oyo States, conducted 43,441; 24,469 and 19,807 tests.The agency said that Lagos State recorded 19 new COVID-19 infections from the 239 confirmed infections reported in the last 24 hours from 15 states.According to the centre, the new infections had increased the state’s confirmed COVID-19 cases to 18,157.

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