Ever since the first reported case of COVID-19 on February 27, 2020, Nigeria is yet to effectively contain the spread of the disease. In spite of different measures taken by the Nigerian government to counter the effect of the pandemic, the consequences of COVID-19 are severely felt in the business, health, economic and social spheres of the country. The primary aim of this study was to examine the trends in the growth rates of COVID-19 and related fatalities across the six regions of Nigeria with a view to validating poor condition of healthcare facilities in the country. The cross-sectional times series method was used. COVID-19 data for Nigeria and the world were extracted from the who COVID -19 databank between August, 2020 and February 22, 2021. COVID-19 incidence growth rates and COVID-19 related fatality growth rates were generated at a-one-month successful interval for a period of 6 months. Descriptive data analysis was done using Stata version 16. Results acros -s the six regions showed that the highest growth rates for COVID-19 incidence were obtained for North central (80.1%) and Southwest (73.3%) region in January 2021. In addition, results across the regions indicated that the highest growth rates for COVID-19 related fatalities were derived for north central (39.3%) and Southwest (30.9%) region in January 2021. The study concluded that perhaps the rise in COVID-19 incidence and COVID-19 related fatalities could be as a result of the weak state of healthcare deliveries in the country.
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