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2021 Week 15: Covid-19 Cases Consecutively Drops
The total cases of COVID-19 recorded in the fifteenth week of 2021 have dropped to 499 against the over 600 cases recorded in the previous week. On average, Nigeria had 71.3 cases reported daily in the fifteenth week. According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Nigeria reported 71 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, 9th of…
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2021 Week 14: Covid-19 Cases Drop Below 600
Nigeria, in the fourteen week of 2021, recorded a total of 584 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 83.4 daily records of cases between April 2nd and April 8th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 66 on Friday, 2nd of April. This,…
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FG Earmark N396 Billion for COVID-19 Vaccine In 2021-2022
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, has said that the Federal Government had budgeted N396 billion for the provision of the COVID-19 vaccine in the 2022 Appropriation. She noted that the request which is being prepared to be passed down to the national assembly as a supplementary budget for COVID-19…
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2021 Week 13: COVID-19 Cases Drops To Over 700
Nigeria, in the thirteen week of 2021, recorded a total of 722 cases of COVID-19 was reported. On average, the country had over 103.1 daily records of cases between March 26th and April 1st, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 113 on Friday, 26th of…
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2021 Week 12: COVID-19 Cases Drops To Over 800
Nigeria, in the twelfth week of 2021, recorded a total of 866 cases of COVID-19. On average, the country had over 123.7 daily records of cases between March 19th and March 25th, 2021. According to Nigerian Center for Disease Control, the country had recorded a total number of 130 cases on Friday, 19th of March.…
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2021 Week 10: Nigeria Reports Over 2000 Cases
The total cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria was 2,233 – an average of 319 reported daily. This is a drop from over 3000 and 4000 cases recorded in week 9 and week 8. At the end of Friday, March 5th, the total reported case of COVID-19 was 371. This however dropped to 195 and…
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2021 Week 9: Weekly Reported Cases Continues To Drop
The total number of reported COVID-19 cases dropped to 3,193 against the over 4000 and 6000 cases reported on week 8 and 7 respectively. The average number of reported cases per day also dropped to 456.1 per day. The Nigerian Center For Disease Control announced 600 cases on Friday, 26th of February. This dropped to…
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3.9M COVAX: 5 States Received 29% Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Out of the 36 states, five states received a larger share of the 3.92 million Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine secured by the Nigerian government. Since commencement of the distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine in Nigeria, Lagos, Kano, Abuja, Kaduna and Plateau has received a total of 1.14million doses. This, according to calculations, is about 29 percent of…
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UPDATE: 18 Countries Suspend Use Of AstraZeneca Vaccine
No fewer than 18 countries have suspended the use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine administration across the world after reports of blood clots in people vaccinated were reported. The suspension is coming despite the World Health Organisation(WHO) and European regulators expressing confidence in its safety. Twentyten had earlier reported that 9 countries suspended the administration of…
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2021 Week 11: Weekly Record Drops To Over 1,000
The number of COVID-19 cases recorded in the eleventh week of 2021 totalled 1,463. This is a drop from over 2,000 and 3,000 cases recorded in week 10 and week 9 consecutively. The average number of cases recorded per day. At the beginning of the week, 399 cases were recorded on Friday. This subsequently dropped to…