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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the country recorded 582 new COVID-19 cases as of Sept. 1, bringing total infections to 193,013.

The NCDC said this via its official website on Thursday morning, adding that the recent surge was driven by the spread of the Delta variant in the country.

The Public health agency said the fresh cases were reported from 15 states and the FCT; Lagos-175, Rivers-124, Edo-60, Delta-57, Akwa Ibom-44, Anambra-25, Bayelsa-22, Gombe-19, Ekiti-12, the FCT-12, Kaduna-11, Kano-6, Benue-5, Plateau-5, Ogun-3 and Jigawa-2. “22 backlog of cases were reported for Bayelsa State from Aug. 31 , and Sept. 1, , while 44 backlog of cases were reported for Akwa Ibom State from Aug. 31, and Sept. 1 .

 

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