The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has disclosed that the number of COVID 19 cases in the country is on the rise, and has now hit over 100,000 for the first time since the pandemic broke last year.
The centre, on Sunday, said on its website that eight persons have also died of the virus between Saturday and yesterday, adding that 1,358 persons have now died from the pandemic. The agency urged Nigerians to take personal precautions to save their lives and stop the virus from further spreading.
According to the figures released by NCDC, Lagos recorded the highest number of cases while Akwa-Ibom recorded the least number of cases.
NCDC said ”Abia-11, Adamawa-27, Akwa-Ibom-9, Anambra-19, Bauchi-17, Bayelsa-21, Benue-11, Borno-36, Cross River-12, Delta-52, Ebonyi-30, Edo-119, Ekiti-7, Enugu-21, FCT-107, Gombe-38, Imo -17 and Jigawa-55.
”Kaduna-55, Kano-70, Katsina-27, Kebbi-13, Kogi-2, Kwara -31, Lagos-256, Nassarawa-13, Niger -13, Ogun -35, Ondo-41, Osun -24, Oyo -54, Plateau -46, Rivers -67, Sokoto-20, Taraba-7, Yobe-8 and Zamfara-5,” it stated. The public health agency said that the country’s active cases were 18,699, while only two states, Kogi and Cross River, had no active case of the infection as at Jan. 10.
The agency said over 80,000 persons has now recovered from the deadly virus, adding that more patients have been discharged after receiving treatment.
NCDC said “There are 613 COVID-19 patients discharged across Nigeria in the last 24 hours with the total number of successfully treated cases rising to 80,030. Our discharges today include 253 community recoveries in Lagos State, managed in line with guidelines.”
The agency said 1,025,560 people had been tested for the virus since it was first detected in the country 11 months back, with 13,976 tests carried out in the past 24 hours. The public health said that the 1,024 new cases were reported in 16 states and the FCT.
It added that Lagos State with 653 cases led the pack with Plateau and Benue following with 63 and 48 cases respectively, Zamfara-45, FCT-42, Rivers-27, Ondo and Adamawa-26 each. Amongst other states with new COVID-19 cases are Kaduna-22; Edo-18; Ogun-16; Imo-12; Kano-9, Yobe-6, Ekiti-5, Jigawa-4and Osun-2.
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