11 New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Nigeria Friday

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Friday reported eleven new coronavirus cases in four states of the federation, as the total cases registered in the country since the outbreak of the pandemic move up to 255,103.

The eleven Nigeria residents currently infected with the disease represent a significant decrease over the 91 patients reported two days earlier.

Most of the cases were reported in  Lagos, the epicentre of coronavirus infections in Nigeria had eight cases, while Kaduna, Nasarawa and Rivers reported 1 cases each.

Data released by the NCDC shows that three patients were discharged on Friday after recovering from the infectious disease.

The number of active COVID-19 cases continued its upward trend, with total cases standing at 2,501 on Friday, an increase of 8 cases from Thursday’s figures.

Again for twenty-eight consecutive days, the health officials says that no new death linked to COVID-19 were reported on Friday.

According to NCDC, since the beginning of the pandemic, Nigeria has seen 255,103 lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19, out of which 249,460 patients have recovered and 3,142 Nigeria residents have lost their lives to coronavirus.

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/Z42P3f5zno

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 18, 2022

March 19, 2022