Nigeria Records 1,400 New COVID-19 Infections, 6 Deaths

UPDATED 

Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria declined, as the country reported 1,400 new infections on Thursday, Jan. 28.

The nation aslo reported 6 COVID-19 related deaths. Of the positive cases, 1,146 have recovered and discharged.

NCDC added that its discharges today include 164 community recoveries in Kaduna State & 102 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.

Till date, 127,560 cases have been confirmed, 101,511 cases have been discharged and 1,550 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Nigeria Centre  for Disease Control provided an update regarding COVID-19 cases in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday.

All statistics are listed below:

Lagos had the highest number of new cases with 536 new infections on Thursday. The commercial city is Nigeria’s COVID-19 hot-spot with a total of 47,471 infections and a total 302 deaths as at today.

FCT-129, Anambra-87, Rivers-82, Benue-80, Oyo-76, Plateau-61, Kaduna-54, Delta-51, Nasarawa-38, Kwara-36, Edo-32, Katsina-26, Kano-24, Taraba-18, Ogun-14, Sokoto-11, Gombe-10, Jigawa-7, Akwa Ibom-6, Cross River-6, Zamfara-5, Bauchi-5, Osun-4 and Ekiti-2.

📢 Supplementary update for 28th January 2021

1,400 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria were reported.

Includes ‘536’ new confirmed cases reported in Lagos state, not included in yesterday’s report

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via: https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/aod4UjCc0f

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 29, 2021

January 29, 2021