Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Wednesday, September 8 confirmed 597 new cases of coronavirus.
The agency, in an update for September 6, 2021, said the infections were reported in 13 states and federal capital territory (FCT).
Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic in the country, recorded the highest infections with 204, followed by Rivers with 89 and Edo recorded 65.
Infection figures in other states are as follows: FCT (50), Oyo (47), Enugu (46), Ekiti (24), Cross River (17), Delta (15), Gombe (15), Osun (12), Plateau (6), Benue (5) and Kano (2).
According to the NCDC update, 277 persons were discharged on Tuesday after recovering from the infection.
The agency said 17 persons died of COVID-19-related complications, bringing the total number of fatalities to 2,573.
To date, 196,487 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria with 185,159 recoveries.
In other news, Zimbabwe has asked state employees who do not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to resign.
Ziyambi Ziyambi, justice minister, said this during a radio broadcast on Tuesday.
The minister said Zimbabweans will not be coerced to get vaccinated, but government employees have a duty to protect the public.
Ziyambi stated;
We are not forcing you to be vaccinated but if you are a government employee, for the protection of others and the people that you are serving, get vaccinated.
If you want to enjoy your rights, which are in the constitution, you can resign. There will come a time when we will not want any teacher who is not vaccinated.
Meanwhile, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says 75 percent of adults in the country have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine as of Tuesday morning.
According to the agency, 193,798,688 adults have had at least one shot, while 165,947,460 people or 64.3 percent of the adult population are fully vaccinated.
