The adverse impact of coronavirus (covid-19) pandemic is becoming worrisome and perplexing not only to Nigerians but to the international community. This has heightened the fear; thereby threatening the foundation of economic development. This study takes a critical look on measurement of the levels of safety or risk indices of all the 20 affected state on a logarithmic scale. From computation/analysis it shows that the state with largest number of infected persons/cases has the highest risk of spread of the COVID-19. Every unit increase in the incidence Safety Index corresponds to a Risk decrease by a factor of 10. The risk and safety indices sum up to a value of 10 and their values are defined over the interval [0, 10]. This study presents a better understanding and awareness of likelihood safety and risk assessment for the hazardous diseases. We recommend that, the identities of the infected persons should not be hidden even for the fear of stigmatization due to the consequences associated it. The Useful insights for the allocation of resources, remedial actions, monitoring and control strategies to prevent/curtail the dynamics of (covid-19) disease spread.
