The Federal government on Monday listed Kwara’s Ilorin South and Ilorin West among 22 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in 13 states recording high cases of COVID-19 infection.
The National Incident Manager (NIM) of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Mukhtar Muhammad, while speaking at a PTF briefing, said the 22 LGAs were identified after critical analysis of the pandemic.
He said the LGAs, mostly in the state capitals, contributed over 95 per cent of new cases recorded in the last six weeks.
The 22 LGAs are: Nkanu West (Enugu); Abuja Municipal (FCT); Gwagwalada (FCT); Gombe (Gombe); Chikun (Kaduna); Kaduna North; Kaduna South; Nassarawa (Kano); Katsina (Katsina); Ilorin South (Kwara); Ilorin West (Kwara); Eti-Osa (Lagos); Ikeja (Lagos); Kosofe (Lagos); Lagos Mainland (Lagos); Keffi (Nasarawa); Lafia (Nasarawa); Ibadan North (Oyo); Jos North (Plateau); Jos South (Plateau); Port-Harcourt (Rivers); and Wamako (Sokoto).
According to a Premium Times report, Nigeria has recorded an average of over 1,000 daily cases in the last six weeks as the country experiences the second wave of the virus.