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    Friday, January 7, 2022

    Eight Deaths, 791 New COVID-19 Cases Reported in Nigeria

    The overall deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria reached 3,066, after 8 more people lost their lives to coronavirus pandemic, according to the data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Thursday.

    The public health officials reported 791 new cases of COVID-19 in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

    The day’s tally marked a slight decrease over the 856 cases reported the day before.

    Virus caseload in Nigeria reached 246,195 as of Thursday. according to NCDC tallies.

    It added that the number of people who have recuperated from the disease rose to 217,509 after 262 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals across the nation.

    The recoveries includes 108 discharged cases reported in FCT includes 102 community discharges.

    The active cases have risen to 25,635 from 25,099, an increase of 536 cases over 24 hours period.

    Breakdown by NCDC shows that Lagos reported the highest number of COVID-19 infections with 523, followed by FCT, Oyo and Ondo with 84, 48 and 35 cases respectively.

    Kano reported 22 cases, Borno had 16 cases, Delta and Edo reported 15 cases each.

    Ogun on Thursday reported nine cases, Jigawa had seven cases, Bauchi had six cases, Plateau had five cases, Rivers had four and Bayelsa reported two cases.

    Ekiti and Osun State reported zero cases of the disease on Thursday.

    The health officials stated that today’s report includes 523 confirmed cases reported in Lagos state on 5th (249) & 6th (274) January 2022.

    Sixteen confirmed cases reported in Borno state is for 5th (4) & 6th (14) January 2022.




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