Zenith

  • Latest News

    Wednesday, June 9, 2021

    Nigeria Confirms 102 New COVID-19 Cases, 69 Recoveries

    Nigeria sees increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases, but the number of death declines Tuesday, 

    Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) on June 8, announced 102 new Coronavirus infections with no additional COVID-19 related death in 9 states.

    Meanwhile, 69 COVID-19 patients who have recovered from the disease have been discharged from isolation centres across the country. Health officials in the country also confirmed zero more people have died after testing positive for COVID-19.

    The new COVID-19 infections reported by the nation push its pandemic cases tally to 166,918.

    Since the virus was first detected, it has claimed 2,117 lives in Nigeria, and more than 163,259 people have recovered in the country after falling ill.

    The report, citing NCDC, said that 68 out of the new infections were reported in Ondo, 17 in Bayelsa, 5 in Kaduna, 3 cases each in Lagos and Rivers state.

    While Akwa Ibom and Gombe reported 2 cases each, Ebonyi and Oyo had 1 case each.

    As of Tuesday, Nigeria has 1,542 active cases of COVID-19, up from the previous day when it was at 1,509.

     

    • Blogger Comments
    • Facebook Comments

    0 comments:

    Item Reviewed: Nigeria Confirms 102 New COVID-19 Cases, 69 Recoveries Rating: 5 Reviewed By: BrandIconImage
    Scroll to Top