Health officials
logged 82 new cases today in 8 states, significantly down from 144 cases reported
on Tuesday.
Today’s report brings
the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Nigeria to 213,403, including deaths
and recoveries.
There have now been 2,973
coronavirus-related deaths confirmed since March 2020. Of those, no death were
confirmed in the past 24 hour, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC disclosed
via its official website.
Meanwhile, 39 patients were discharged on Wednesday after recovering from the infection. Out of the known COVID-19 cases so far confirmed in Nigeria, 206,245 patients have recovered.
As of today, Nigeria has 4,185 active cases of COVID-19, up from 4,142 it was the previous day.
According to NCDC, Rivers
topped the list on Wednesday, the state reported 52 of the 82 new cases.
Others as follows Kano-9,
Kebbi-6, Kaduna-5, Plateau-5, Enugu-3, Bauchi-1 and Lagos-1.
While Sokoto is the only
state on Wednesday with no COVID-19 cases reported.
