Nigeria health officials confirmed 161 new cases of COVID-19
in 4 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The breakdown of the new cases shows that, Lagos, FTC, Gombe,
Oyo and Rivers reported 153, 4, 2, 1 and 1 respectively.
Today’s report includes 74 cases from Lagos State reported
on the 11th of July, 2021. And 4 states with zero cases reported: Ekiti,
Kaduna, Nasarawa, and Ogun
No additional death were reported in the country over the
last 24 hours. Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll stands at 2,124.
The health officials also reported that 37 COVID-19 patients
have recovered and were discharged from hospitals across the country, raising
the number of recoveries and discharges to 164,476.
Over the past one week, 31,023 COVID-19 tests were conducted.
Cumulatively, a total of 2,362,757 samples have been tested in the Nigeria
since the beginning of the pandemic.
Active COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 2,113.
With the new update, the tally of COVID-19 infections in
Nigeria reached 168,713, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC
during its daily COVID-19 update via it official website.