The lowest number of infections in any single day since the beginning
of this month
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, which disclosed
this on its official website late Friday said that with the latest figure, the
total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 185,571.
Of the 304 new cases recorded, the data showed 154
infections were reported in Rivers, 33 in Ekiti, 20 in Edo, 18 in FCT and 17 in
Oyo
Cross River and Delta reported 15 cases each, Akwa Ibom had 13, Ogun had 11, Bayelsa with 4, Sokoto with 2, Gombe and Nasarawa reported
1 case.
NCDC noted that today's report includes 0 cases from Abia, Kaduna, Ondo, Osun and Plateau States.
According to the data released by the health officials, the statistics
did not contain reports from Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial hub and most
affected by coronavirus in the country.
The death toll in the nation has risen to 2,247 as three deaths
due to the virus were recorded.
Meanwhile, a total of 168,124 patients were reported to have
recovered from COVID-19 and discharged from hospital across the nation since
the beginning of the pandemic. Resolved cases on Friday increased by 201 from the
previous day.
Since the discovery of the highly transmissible delta
variant of the disease, there has been a consistent spike in infections in
Nigeria, with the figure of the country’s active cases currently standing at 15,200
— up from the previous day when it was at 15,100.
Health experts and authorities have cautioned Nigerians to
take preventive measures against the disease to avert its further spread.
A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC),
activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities,
NCDC said .
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