COVID-19: Nigeria Reports Six Deaths, 123 New Cases

Nigeria health officials registered 123 new lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, January 20, in 12 states of the federation.

The nation says 38 of those cases are in Edo, 25 are in Osun, 22 are in Rivers, 12 are in Kaduna and 10 cases in Oyo State.

Kwara state added six new cases on Thursday, Ogun reported three cases, Bauchi and Kano reported two cases each, Borno, Delta and Ekiti reported one case each.

Today’s report includes 5 states with zero cases reported: Abia, Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau and Sokoto, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC disclosed.

The new data by the health officials, which shows a significant decline in the number of infections, does not include an update from Lagos State, Nigeria’s coronavirus epicentre and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory FCT, the second most affected by the pandemic in the nation.

In addition to Thursday’s reports, the nation witnessed six more deaths linked to coronavirus. A total of 3,123 COVID-19-related deaths among residents has been recorded since the start of the pandemic in Nigeria .

Meanwhile, 175 patients were reported to have recovered from the infection and discharged from hospitals on Thursday.

With the latest update by NCDC, the tally of infected people in the nation reached to 251,694, out of which 225,455 COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged since the nation was hit by the virus outbreak.

Today’s report includes 5 states with zero cases reported: Abia, Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau and Sokoto

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 21, 2022

January 21, 2022