The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 is considering targeted lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; as well as Lagos and Plateau States.
PTF National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Muhammed, who stated this on Friday, January 29, 2021, described as alarming, the rising cases of COVID-19 infections recorded in the three urban areas.
Muhammed said data showed that urban local governments in the affected places recorded the highest cases of COVID amid the second wave of the pandemic in Nigeria.
According to data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Lagos (46,935 cases), Abuja (16,470 cases), Plateau (7,801) have recorded the highest number of COVID infections and fatalities in Nigeria in the last eleven months.
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