33 New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Nigeria Thursday

As Nigeria Centre  for Disease Control NCDC shared the latest updates on coronavirus contagion from across the country, 33 new cases of the disease were detected in 4 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday.

Thursday's daily case count is down from the 84 infections reported on Wednesday.

No coronavirus related death were recorded in the past 24 hours, the health officials said in an update via it Twitter handle.

There are now a total of 254,894 COVID-19 cases in Nigeria where 3,142 people have lost their lives to the coronavirus disease since February 27, when the country reported its first COVID-19 case.

Meanwhile, on same day, 19 patients recovered from the novel coronavirus after falling ill, taking the number of total recoveries in the country to 249,326.

Total active coronavirus cases in the country now 2,426 up by 14 from  2,412 previous day.

Data obtained from NCDC’s Twitter handle shows that, within a 24 hour period Lagos, the most affected by the virus in the country reported 23 cases. The highest number for the day.

Which includes backlog of 23 cases recorded on 9th (18) and 10th (5) March 2022, NCDC said.

River state reported 6 cases, Imo had 2 cases, FCT and Kaduna reported 1 case each.

NCDC added that a backlog of 1 case reported in Kaduna on 28th Feb 2022.

Also noted that four states; Abia, Edo, Plateau, Sokoto reported zero cases.

Today’s report includes:

▪️A backlog of 23 cases for Lagos State from 9th (18) and 10th (5) March & 1 case reported for Kaduna from 28th Feb 2022

▪️4 States with zero cases reported: Abia, Edo, Plateau, and Sokoto

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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 11, 2022

March 11, 2022