Nigeria Adds 60 New COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Saturday confirmed no coronavirus-related death and 60 new infections in the last 24 hours amid the country’s second wave of the pandemic.

The newly recorded infections were reported across 9 states.

A breakdown of cases by state shows that Lagos took the lead with 22 infections, Rivers with 15, Bayelsa with 7 and Kaduna with 5 cases.

Ogun, Akwa Ibom, Osun, Kano and Ebonyi reported 4, 3, 2, 1 and 1 respectively.

Total fatalities still stand at 2,061 while the tally of confirmed infections rose to 164,207, according to the NCDC's latest update.

Regarding recoveries from the virus, the NCDC said 21 new recoveries have been registered, bringing that number to 154,325.

The latest update on NCDC dashboard shows that active cases in Nigeria increased by 39, presently stand at 7,821.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNf5Q61#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/44DpELlmkt

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April 18, 2021