Nigeria’s Daily COVID-19 Infection Declines to 29 Cases Saturday

Olufemi Adeyemi

Nigeria health officials reported a significant drop in the number of COVID-19 infections on Saturday as active cases linked to the virus declined.

The 29 Nigeria residents currently infected with the disease represent a significant decrease over the 236 patients reported a day earlier. The lowest case counts  since November 19, 2021 when the country registered 23 COVID-19 cases. 

Meanwhile, active cases further decrease from 22,900 to 22,889.

Data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC shows that 40 patients were discharged on Saturday after recovering from the infectious disease.

The health officials says that no new death linked to COVID-19 were reported on Saturday.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Nigeria has seen 251,959 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, out of which 225,946 patients have recovered and 3,124 Nigeria residents have lost their lives to coronavirus.

Where Are The New COVID-19 Cases?

Most of the cases reported by the NCDC on Saturday in 3 states were found in Lagos, the epicentre of coronavirus infections in the country recorded 27 cases

Other states with relatively low COVID-19 case counts reported today include Kano and Rivers with one case each.

However, NCDC added that four states; Anambra, Bauchi, Plateau and Sokoto reported zero cases.

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/hCztbZqXMf

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 22, 2022

January 23, 2022