NCDC Reports 1,204 New Coronavirus Cases, as Nigeria Hit a New Record High

Nigeria has hit a new record high for COVID-19 infections as a surge in the disease caused by the coronavirus continued to strain the nation medical resources following holiday travel and gatherings.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported 1,204 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Monday, and 7 fatalities. The country has recorded a total of 91,351 cases and 1,318 deaths since the first case was announced. 

While the number of recovered COVID-19 patients in Nigeria stands at 75,699, including 655 patients that were discharged on Monday after testing negative twice from the disease.

NCDC has so far tested 958,911 persons since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on 27 February 2020.

The public health agency in a tweet said the new cases were reported in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Lagos, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria recorded the highest number of cases with 654, while Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory recorded 200 new infections bringing the total number of the infections in the states to 31,975 and 12,283 respectively.

Other states  with  new infections are Plateau-60, Kaduna-54, Kano-40, Rivers-30, Edo-28, Nasarawa-25, Kebbi-19, Bauchi-18, Oyo-13, Akwa Ibom-12, Bayelsa-11, Ogun-11, Delta-9, Abia-8, Benue-5, Imo-3, Borno-2, Sokoto-1 and Osun-1

In summary according to NCDC on the 4th of January 2021, 1204 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

Till date, 91,351 cases have been confirmed, 75,699 cases have been discharged and 1,318 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Our discharges today includes 218 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/iZLWoxrJe1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 4, 2021

January 04, 2021