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The source of infection in 7,276 coronavirus patients in Nigeria is yet to be known, according to the COVID-19 Situation Report 92 of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) published on Sunday.
According to the report, 62,583 samples have been tested for coronavirus in Nigeria, with 9,855 confirmed positive across 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The report also said 2,856 coronavirus patients have been discharged in the country while 273 deaths have been recorded.
The most affected age group is 31 to 40. Also, 6,631, amounting to 67 per cent of those infected,,are males, while 3,224, which is 33 per cent are females.
While listing the provenance of the cases, it said: “(Patients) with travel history – 222 (two per cent); contacts – 2,357 (24 per cent) unknown exposure – 7,276 (74 per cent).”
It also said 10,023 persons are of interest, saying that 9,959 (99.4 per cent) have exceeded follow-up.
Part of the report read: “553 confirmed cases were reported in the last 24 hours in fifteen (15) states – Lagos (378), FCT (52), Delta (23), Edo (22), Rivers (14), Ogun (13), Kaduna (12), Kano (nine), Borno (seven), Katsina (six), Jigawa (five), Oyo (five), Plateau (three), Yobe (three) and Osun (one).
“No new state recorded a confirmed COVID-19 case in the last 24 hours. The total number of states including FCT that have reported at least one confirmed case in Nigeria is still 36 (35 states + FCT).
“One hundred and fifty-nine cases were discharged in the last 24 hours in seventeen (17) states – Jigawa (31), Lagos (21), Ogun (18), Katsina (17), Yobe (16), FCT (11), Kaduna (10), Kano (eight), Bauchi (six), Borno (five), Rivers (four), Gombe (three), Sokoto (three), Delta (two), Oyo (two), Bayelsa (one) and Plateau (one).
“Twelve deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours in seven states – FCT (three), Lagos (three), Kano (two), Borno (one), Gombe (one), Jigawa (one) and Rivers (one).”