Geo-Visualisation of COVID-19 Pandemic and Vaccination in Nigeria: a Regional Approach

The global public health impact of COVID-19 has been enormous, severe and grievous since its outbreak. The notable global responses to mitigate and curb the COVID-19 pandemic include quarantine, isolation, total lockdown and vaccination. The COVID-19 vaccination is a latter and current response with different levels of compliance across countries. This study addresses the dearth of information on how acceptance of the vaccines relates to cases of COVID-19 across geo-political zones in Nigeria. A quantitative design was employed for the study. Secondary data on COVID-19 cases and vaccination, population census and GIS shapefiles of Nigeria were analysed using a descriptive classification method based on the Jenks Natural Break Algorithm in ArcGIS Desktop 10.3. Findings revealed the South West showed high incidences of all COVID-19 cases and moderate incidences of the first and second doses, but a high incidence of booster dose of the vaccination. Meanwhile, the North West in which the COVID-19 cases showed low incidences had high rates of vaccination. This study concludes that there is a regional variation in the incidences of COVID-19 cases and the administration of COVID-19 vaccination in Nigeria.