Nigeria Records 533 COVID-19 Infections Friday

Ten days after the confirmation of the ‘transmissible’ Omicron variant of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria, cases are now consistently on the rise again in the country.

According to the data shared by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), the country registered 533 cases on Friday.

In an update on its official website, the health officials said Friday’s figure raised the total number of cases in the country to 216,451.

No coronavirus death were recorded in the past 24 hours leaving the nation's virus-related death toll at 2,981.

Meanwhile, the NCDC data shows that a total of 207,661  discharges have been made across the country, including 42 recoveries reported in the past 24 hours.

The health  officials noted that today’s report includes 20 community discharges reported in FCT on 8th December 2021

As at Friday active COVID-19 cases stands at 5,799 – dropped by 1,137 from  4,662 it was the previous day.

NCDC stated that the new cases were found in 10 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

Lagos the most affected by the coronavirus outbreak with 428, reported the highest number on Friday.

Followed by Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) reported 45 and Rivers reported 33 cases of the virus in the past 24 hours.

Edo state reported 9 cases of the virus, 8 cases were found in Ogun, Oyo had 3 cases.

Delta and Kaduna reported 2 cases each, Gombe, Jigawa and Kano reported 1 case each.

While Ekiti, Imo, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto States reported zero cases in the past 24 hours, NCDC said in its update.

December 11, 2021