COVID-19: 58 Cases Reported in Nigeria

Nigeria's COVID-19 infections counts have moved up with the nation recording 54 cases in four states and the Federal Capital Territory.

This is a slight drop in case numbers from Monday's 87 infections.

The breakdown by NCDC via it official Twitter handle shows that Lagos reported the highest figures with 38 cases, Rivers had 6 cases, FCT had 5 cases, Cross River had 4 cases and Oyo had 1 case.

The newly recorded infections raised the country’s tally of confirmed cases to 255,244, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC.

It added that 10 people were discharged, while no person was confirmed to have died of COVID-19 complications.

 NCDC added that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country stands at 2,616 up by 44 from 2,501 it was on Friday March 21, 2022.

NCDC stated that till date, 255,244 cases have been confirmed, 249,486 cases have been discharged and 3,142 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

NCDC noted that the report includes cumulative data for 22nd and 23rd March 2022.

Its also stated that 11 states; Abia, Bauchi, Delta, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Ondo, Ogun, Plateau, and Sokoto reported zero cases.

Today’s report includes

▪️Cumulative data for 22nd and 23rd March 2022
▪️11 States with zero cases reported: Abia, Bauchi, Delta, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Ondo, Ogun, Plateau, and Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/cwSIGORE9S

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 23, 2022

March 24, 2022