On Wednesday, Nigeria set a new second single-day record for COVID-19 deaths and hospitalizations and had its forth-highest single-day total of new cases. The highest record so far was set on January 23rd when NCDC reported 2,314 cases, why 1,964 cases were recorded on January 21 and 1,867 cases on January 16.
However, 22 patients were confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications. Making it the second single-day record for COVID-19 deaths after 23 deaths was recorded on January 14.
While the numbers of recoveries and discharged on Wednesday increased by 1,089. According to the health agency, discharges today include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State and 116 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
The new update brings the country’s total case to 126,160, recoveries and discharged stand at 100,365,
while the new fatalities push Nigeria’s death toll to 1,544 in 36 states and
the Federal Capital Territory.
NCDC in its breakdown revealed that 773 of the cases were
recorded in Lagos, 285 cases were confirmed in Abuja, the Federal Capital
Territory, and Oyo reported 138 cases.
Others states with new cases are: Rivers-111, Plateau-92, Nasarawa-83,
Kaduna-59, Enugu-57, Imo-57, Edo-43, Kano-27, Kwara-20, Ebonyi-19, Abia-17, Ogun-12,
Osun-12, Katsina-8, Bayelsa-6, Bauchi-5, Delta-5, Borno-4, Jigawa-4 and Zamfara-1.
Our discharges today include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State and 116 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 27, 2021
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/zLlVfjcWHh
Last week, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control commenced
a series of training for healthcare workers on the use of #COVID19 Antigen
Rapid Diagnostic test(Ag-RDTs) kits in FCT.
The health agency added
that the correct use of the approved Ag-RDTs will increase the pace of testing,
tracing and providing care for #COVID19 patients.
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