Nigeria Reports One Death, 230 New COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Wednesday reported that another 230 residents tested positive for COVID-19 in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

With the recent addition, the country’s COVID-19 infections rose to 251,571, NCDC disclosed this via its official official Twitter page.

The health officials added that 341 people were discharged after tested negative to the disease. Which includes 203 community discharges in FCT on 19th January 2022.

And 13 discharged cases reported in Abia state on 18th January 2022.

Active cases on Wednesday further dropped to 23,174 from 23,286 it was the previous day.

However on Wednesday, one more patient was confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications in past 24 hours.

According to NCDC, the nationwide death toll from the virus stands at 3,117, while in total, 225,280 people have been discharged from hospitals after their symptoms improved.

Of the new cases, NCDC update shows that Lagos, the epicentre  of the pandemic in Nigeria reported 115 out of the new cases, Gombe reported 29 cases, FCT reported 24 cases, Imo reported 20 cases and Rivers had 10 cases.

Others as follows Ondo-9, Kano-5, Abia-4, Kaduna-4, Oyo-4, Kebbi-2, Ogun-2, Borno-1 and Jigawa-1.

NCDC noted that today’s report includes four confirmed cases reported in  Abia state on  18th January 2022.

Two confirmed cases reported in Kebbi state on 18th January 2022. And one confirmed cases reported in Borno state on 18th January 2022.

While five states, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Osun, Plateau and Sokoto reported zero cases in the past 24 hours.

Today’s report includes:

▪️4 confirmed cases from Abia for 18Jan
▪️2 confirmed from Kebbi for 18Jan
▪️1 confirmed from Borno for 18Jan
▪️203 community discharges from FCT for 19Jan
▪️13 discharged from Abia for 18Jan
▪️5 states with 0 cases: Ekiti, Nasarawa, Osun,Plateau, Sokoto pic.twitter.com/sNcVKMbhu4

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 19, 2022

January 20, 2022