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    Tuesday, January 19, 2021

    COVID-19: NCDC Announces 1,301 New Infections, 15 Deaths

    Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its COVID-19 infections update, said that 1,301 new cases were confirmed in the country, while the number of successfully treated and recovered Covid-19 cases increased by 1,261. And 15 more persons have died from the virus on Tuesday.

    With the new update the health agency, NCDC revealed that till date, a total  of 113,305 cases have been confirmed, 91,200 cases discharged and 1,464 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    NCDC added tbat its discharges today include 702 community recoveries in Lagos State, 157 in FCT and 143 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.

    Data obtained from NCDC official Twitter handle shows that the new cases were reported in 21 states  and the Federal Capital Territory.

    Lagos had the highest number of new cases with 551 new infections on Tuesday. The commercial city is Nigeria’s COVID-19 hot-spot with a total of 41,951 infections and  276 deaths as at today.

    Others states with new cases are: FCT-209, Oyo-83, Plateau-65, Kaduna-64, Enugu-61, Rivers-44, Ondo-39, Benue-37, Akwa Ibom-31, Kano-19, Delta-18, Gombe-18, Ogun-16, Edo-15, Kebbi-10, Ebonyi-9, Jigawa-4, Osun-3, Zamfara-3, Borno-1 and Nasarawa-1

    NCDC disclosed that it had conducted about 1,191,866 tests since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in the country.

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