Nigeria Reports 33 New COVID-19 Infections Friday

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC continues to report a slow progression of laboratory confirmed cases of COVID-19, registering 33 new cases on Friday

NCDC report indicated that the 33 additional cases represented a decrease in infections from the 34 cases reported the previous day.

The new cases that were registered in 6 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), saw Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory reporting the highest number for the day – with 13 additionally cases, Plateau had 8 cases and Delta had 5 cases.

While Rivers, Nasarawa, Kaduna and Kano reported 3, 2, 1 and 1 respectively.

NCDC said that only Sokoto state reported zero cases in the past 24 hours.

NCDC added that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 2,471 up from 2,451 it was on Thursday.

It disclosed that 13 patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, this raised the total number of recoveries to 248, 863.

The report from the health officials also shows that the fatality toll now stands at 3,142, as no COVID-19 patients lost thier lives to the disease in the last 24 hours.

Since the start of the pandemic Nigeria has registered a total of  254,461 coronavirus infections, including deaths and recoveries, NCDC said.

States with zero cases reported (1): Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNf5Q61 pic.twitter.com/83oPsHyHHr

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 26, 2022

February 26, 2022