22 New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Nigeria

Nigeria continues to see a “rapid decline” in COVID-19 cases as it begins to emerge from the surge driven by the Omicron variant, as active cases in Nigeria stand at 20,521.

Nigeria confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC said Saturday, adding that 38 COVID-19 patients have recovered over the same period of time.

This includes 25 community discharged cases reported in FCT.

The number of COVID-19 cases reported since the start of the outbreak of the virus rises to 254,243, while recoveries increase to 230,587 i.e. a recovery rate of 90.7 percent, according to the health officials.

As for coronavirus-related fatalities, NCDC added that the deaths toll remained 3,142  as no patient was confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications in past 24 hours.

The 22 new infections were recorded in 5 states and the Federal Captital Territory, NCDC said in the latest update.

According to the updates via its Facebook page, 13 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, 4 in Osun and 2 in Kaduna, while Ekiti, FCT and Oyo reported 1 case each.

NCDC noted that today’s report includes 10 states with zero cases reported: Abia, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers and Sokoto.

Today’s report includes:

▪️25 community discharged cases reported from FCT

▪️10 states with zero cases reported: Abia, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers and Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/nuhILB54rE

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 19, 2022

February 20, 2022