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    Sunday, October 17, 2021

    NCDC Records 35 COVID-19 Deaths, 376 New Cases

    Olufemi Adeyemi 

    The spread of the novel coronavirus cases and deaths due to the disease in Nigeria continues as the latest updates shows that the nation on Saturday recorded additional 376 new cases of COVID-19.

    The health officials said via its official website that the additional new infections brought the total number of infections in the nation to 209,173.

    It added that the nation recorded 35 new deaths linked to the virus, which had claimed 2,804 lives since last year.

    While the nation has successfully treated and discharged a total of 197,084 people, including 659 recoveries reported on Saturday.

    The number of active cases in Nigeria stands at 9,265, dropped by 338 on Saturday from 9,603 it was from the previous day

    According to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, the additional cases were recorded in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, with Lagos reporting 215 new cases, the highest infections of the day, followed by Rivers, Ondo and Imo with 82, 16 and 14 cases respectively.

    Other states with new cases as follows Plateau-12, Kaduna-10, Kwara-9, Ekiti-4, Bauchi-3, Delta-3, Kano-3, Sokoto-3, Nasarawa-1 and Oyo-1.

    Today’s report includes 215  cases reported in Lagos on 16th October (36), 2021 and 179 backlog  from 11th September, 2021.

    32 deaths reported in Lagos are backlog from 11th September, 2021

    Two states with zero cases reported: Ogun and Osun.




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