It said that Lagos accounted for 212 new COVID-19 infections out of the 624 cases reported from 18 states on July 28. “That brings the state’s total number of infections to 14,848,” NCDC said. According to NCDC, Lagos have tested a total of 72,225 samples for COVID-19 as at July 28. It said that out of the 272,748 COVID-19 sample tests conducted in the country, Lagos has conducted the highest number of sample tests. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Lagos remains the epicentre of Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases with 14,848 of the total 41,804 cases in the countryAlso, data by the World Health Organisation Africa Region shows that there are 873,378 confirmed COVID-19 cases on the continent, with over 520,000 recoveries and 18,487 deaths.

Source: The Guardian July 29, 2020 15:53 UTC