Saturday’s cases is the second lowest single-day record since
January 2021. The lowest this year was 7 cases, reported on May 16.
The number of daily reported cases more or less stabilized lately,
after an increase in January when the nation reported 1,883 cases on Jan. 30, 1,964 cases on Jan. 21 and the highest this year on Jan. 22nd with 2,314 cases reported.
The latest report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control NCDC showed the new figures raised the country's total to 167,059.
NCDC also recorded 6 new COVID-19 survivors for a total of 163,436
recoveries.
The death toll remained 2,117 as no additional fatalities recorded
on Saturday.
The number of active COVID-19 cases in the nation slightly
up by 2, now stand at 1,506.
The 8 new cases are reported from 2 states- Akwa Ibom and Rivers
with 4 cases each.