Nigeria has recorded a hit of over 1000 persons that have died from COVID-19 complications so far.
The novel coronavirus has seemed to have hit the country and yet still spreading.
Nigeria hit the 1000 mark on Sunday as five new deaths were recorded making the the total causalities to 1004 as 2 more deaths were recorded on Monday.
Despite the huge toll, according to premium times, only 10 of the 36 states in Nigeria have teams of trained staff for handling COVID-19 burials, a report found.
Asides from the death, the current coronavirus cases has surpassed 52,548.
This was disclosed by the NCDC, the agency heading Nigeria’s national response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the deadly pneumonia-like disease that has spread to over 200 countries, infecting more than 22 million.
According to the NCDC data, there are still over 12,000 active cases across the country.
A total of 39,257 infected persons have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and federal capital, Abuja.
With a daily tally of about 130 on Sunday, Lagos further stretched it’s lead on the number of infections to almost 18,000, about a third of the country’s total.
While Nigeria continues to record more COVID-19 cases daily, the country has reopened its economy after months of shut down.
Last week Monday at the bi-weekly Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing, the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, announced that international flights will resume on August 29.
Local flights had resumed about a month ago.
Nigeria is still one of the top 3 African countries with highest infections and fatalities.