Nigeria, May 10 -- Nigeria last week recorded a 74 per cent increase in the number of coronavirus infected persons compared to the previous nine weeks, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed.

The country recorded 1763 new cases last week, about 74 per cent of the total 2,388 cases recorded in the previous nine weeks.

Also, Nigeria last week recorded a 50 per cent increase in deaths from COVID-19.

The data showed that while Nigeria recorded 85 deaths from the disease in its previous nine weeks since it experienced its index coronavirus case in February, the country recorded 43 deaths last week.

On a positive note, however, Nigeria witnessed a 93 per cent increase in the number ...