The number of coronavirus cases in Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is higher than the combined figure for all the other 34 states in which infections have been recorded in Nigeria, a PREMIUM TIMES review of official data shows.
A review of the data provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that Nigeria's former and current federal capital have 8,785 confirmed cases, or 51 per cent of recorded cases in the country, while all the other states have a total of 8,363 cases or 48.7 per cent of the total.
Lagos State remains the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria with 7,461 infections, equivalent to 43.5 per cent of the total cases.
With a population of over 200 million people, Nigeria tested only above 96,000 persons and confirmed 17,148 cases.
Morocco, the North African country bordering the Atlantic Ocean, with a 36 million population tested more than 400,000 persons and confirmed 8,997 cases.
