COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 6 Deaths, 346 New Cases

As many as 346 people contracted the virus and 6 lost their lives in a single day, while the number of active cases dropped from 18,588  to 18,208 on March 9.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its latest update revealed that 346 new cases has been confirmed in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

While the number of successfully treated and recovered COVID-19 cases increased by 554.

The health agency added that 6 more persons have died from the virus on Tuesday.

With the new update, COVID-19 infections tally in Nigeria reached 159,252 on Tuesday, while the death toll from the virus stands at 1,988 and the number of recovered COVID-19 patients is now 139,056  in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory as the worst pandemic in a century continues to spread across the world.

Today's  discharges include 170 community recoveries in Lagos State and 83 in Kwara State managed in line with guidelines, NCDC noted.

The breakdown of the newly recorded infections showed that, Lagos recorded the highest number of new cases with 86 infections on Tuesday.

Bauch followed closely with 64 cases and Kaduna & Kwara in third position reported  26 new cases each. While FCT confirmed 24 Infections, Rivers reported 23 and Plateau confirmed 22 cases of the virus.

Other states affected by the virus on Tuesday were Ogun-16, Ebonyi-14, Bayelsa-12, Cross River-10, Edo-8, Akwa Ibom-5, Ekiti-3, Gombe-2, Kano-2, Osun-2 and Delta-1.

Our discharges today include 170 community recoveries in Lagos State and 83 in Kwara State managed in line with guidelines.

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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 9, 2021

March 10, 2021