Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases hit 9-month high

Findings show that Omicron has pushed Nigeria’s average daily cases of up by 451 percent, from 74 cases seen in the first week of December.

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases on Wednesday hit a nine-month high as 1,424 new cases were confirmed. Lagos, the epicentre of the country’s coronavirus infection accounts for 55.8 percent of that total, with 796 cases. This surge follows the detection of highly transmissible omicron in the country a

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