Nigeria Reports 65 New COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria reported 65 new cases of COVID-19 in 6 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, with no death linked to the virus, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC bulletin stated on Wednesday.

The number of new cases saw a decrease from 159 cases recorded the previous day .

Data released by the health officials, Lagos topped the list with 19 infections, while Kano, Rivers and FCT reported 16, 12 and 11 respectively.

Other states with new COVID-19 infections are Kaduna-4, Niger-2 and Delta-1.

Three states, Nasarawa, Sokoto and Zamfara States reported zero cases.

With 26 recoveries reported across the country in the last 24 hours, the total number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 rose to 229,676.

Currently, there are 20,593 COVID-19 active cases in different hospitals across the country.

According to the latest update, the West Africa Country's case count has increased to 253,405 and the deaths toll stand at 3,136.

NCDC noted that today’s report includesb2 confirmed cases reported in Niger State on 31st January.

Today’s report includes:

▪️2 confirmed cases reported from Niger State for 31st January 2022
▪️0 cases reported from Nasarawa, Sokoto and Zamfara States

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/syQTc3LxTK

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 2, 2022

February 03, 2022