Nigeria Reports 45 New COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria health officials reported 45 additional COVID-19 cases in 7 states and the Federal Capital Territory

The country confirmed 45 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Thursday, comes after officials reported 13 cases on Wednesday.

Lagos State, the country’s hotspot for the management of severe COVID-19 patients at isolation facilities, reported 18 additional infections.

Cross River and FCT reported 7 cases each, Oyo reported 5 cases, Kano and Nasarawa had 3 cases each, Ekiti and Rivers reported 1 case each.

Abia, Bauchi, Imo, Kaduna, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Plateau and Sokoto reported zero cases in the past 24 hours.

The death toll in the country remained 3,141 as  no virus-related death were added over the past 5 days, according to a report by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC.

There are a total of 230,530 recoveries, which is over 90.7 per cent of known cases. Resolved cases increased by 51 from the previous day.

Active cases in Nigeria now stand at 20,518 — down from the previous day when it was at   20,524.

Today's report brings the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Nigeria to 254,182, including deaths and recoveries.

However, NCDC noted that 18 confirmed cases reported in Lagos state are backlog of 16th Feb.

And 7 confirmed cases reported in FCT are for 16th (3) & 17th (4) Feb, with 21 community discharged cases reported on 16th Feb from FCT

Also 3 discharged cases were reported from Oyo state on 16th Feb.

Today’s report includes:

▪️18 confirmed cases reported from Lagos state for 16th Feb
▪️7 confirmed cases for 16th (3) & 17th (4) Feb & 21 community discharged cases for 16th Feb reported from FCT
▪️3 discharged cases reported from Oyo state for 16th Feb pic.twitter.com/BbleW62Uc7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022