[Naija News] Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 1,500 For Third Day, 12 More Deaths

 

Nigeria recorded cases of coronavirus beyond 1,500 for the third consecutive day on Friday, data has revealed.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which is responsible for the management of disease outbreaks in the country released the data in a late-night tweet.

It disclosed that 1,544 new cases were reported from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours.

The agency had confirmed 1,565 and 1,664 new cases on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

While Friday’s figure was the third-highest since the outbreak of the disease in February 2020, Lagos topped the states with new infections, reporting 739 more cases.

It was followed by Plateau and the FCT which reported 168 and 153 new cases while the others had infections less than 100.

They include Oyo – 91, Nasarawa – 90, Rivers – 80, Kaduna – 35, Edo – 33, Kano – 29, Ogun – 21, Delta – 19, Sokoto – 16, and Ebonyi – 11.

Others are Akwa Ibom – 11, Enugu – 10, Osun – 10, Niger – nine, Bauchi – eight, Kebbi – eight, Katsina – two, and Taraba – one.

1544 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-739

Plateau-168

FCT-153

Oyo-91

Nasarawa-90

Rivers-80

Kaduna-35

Edo-33

Kano-29

Ogun-21

Delta-19

Sokoto-16

Akwa Ibom-11

Ebonyi-11

Enugu-10

Osun-10

Niger-9

Bauchi-8

Kebbi-8

Katrina-2

Taraba-1

97,478 confirmed

78,552 discharged

1,342 deaths pic.twitter.com/gKOwQpoLJY

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 8, 2021

Similarly, the NCDC noted that the nation’s death toll rose to 1,342 after 12 more infected people lost the fight to the disease.

On the other hand, 575 more people who had been infected were successfully treated and discharged, bringing the recoveries in the country so far to 78,552,

According to the health agency, 1,011,584 samples have been collected and tested across the country as of 9am on Saturday.

Of the figures, 97,478 COVID-19 infections have been confirmed while the nation has a total of 17,584 active cases.

See the figures according to the states below:

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	34,875	6,320	28,303	252
FCT	13,224	5,363	7,754	107
Kaduna	5,752	422	5,275	55
Plateau	5,549	453	5,050	46
Oyo	4,248	759	3,435	54
Rivers	3,818	440	3,313	65
Edo	3,029	178	2,732	119
Ogun	2,626	250	2,342	34
Kano	2,418	311	2,037	70
Delta	1,963	174	1,737	52
Ondo	1,863	59	1,763	41
Katsina	1,673	59	1,587	27
Kwara	1,495	370	1,094	31
Enugu	1,455	59	1,375	21
Gombe	1,359	321	1,001	37
Ebonyi	1,131	29	1,072	30
Abia	1,082	85	986	11
Bauchi	1,079	179	883	17
Nasarawa	1,051	713	325	13
Osun	1,046	49	973	24
Borno	823	49	738	36
Imo	789	30	743	16
Bayelsa	560	74	465	21
Benue	553	73	469	11
Akwa Ibom	476	76	391	9
Adamawa	471	208	238	25
Sokoto	471	153	298	20
Niger	463	81	369	13
Ekiti	426	16	403	7
Jigawa	410	31	368	11
Anambra	364	70	274	20
Taraba	226	28	191	7
Kebbi	223	28	182	13
Yobe	201	49	144	8
Cross River	169	0	157	12
Zamfara	112	25	82	5
Kogi	5	0	3	2