The number of new infections reported today is higher than
the 11 cases logged on Sunday.
With the recent addition, the total number of people who
have contracted the virus in Nigeria has now risen to 166,816.
According to Monday’s report, 30 cases were recorded in Ondo, 15 in Lagos, 2 in Kaduna and 1 case each in Gombe and Adamawa.
NCDC noted that 9 states reported zero cases, which include Plateau, Kano, Ekiti, Osun, Oyo, Ogun, Taraba, and Sokoto.
Resolved cases increased after 94 patients recovered from
the disease and were discharged from hospital across the country. A total of 163,190
Nigeria residents were reported to have recovered from COVID-19 since the
beginning of the pandemic.
Today’s report includes 51 community recoveries from Lagos state managed in line with guidelines, the health authorities added.
Death toll due to coronavirus stands at 2,117 as no
fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours.
A total of 47,383 tests were completed in the past one week.
Nigeria has tested 2,180,444 persons since the first confirmed case relating to
the COVID-19 pandemic was announced.
As of Monday, Nigeria has 1,509 active cases of COVID-19, down from the previous day when it was at 1,554.
