NCDC Reports 51 New COVID-19 Cases Friday

Nigeria health officials on Friday reported 51 new COVID-19 cases in 4 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its official Facebook.

It noted that, of the new cases, FCT reported the highest with 37, Lagos had 9 cases, Kano and Rivers had 2 cases each and Plateau had 1 case.

NCDC stated that two cases reported in Kano are backlog of from 10th (1) and 11th (1) March 2022

Also said that 2 states with zero cases reported: Bauchi and Sokoto.

The health officials also reported that Nigeria did not record a single COVID-19 death for twenty-one consecutive day.

Meanwhile, NCDC added that 9 patients recuperated from the infection and were discharged from hospitals across the country.

Total active coronavirus cases in the country now 2,468, increased from 2,426 it was the previous day.

With the new update, the total number of infected persons in the country moved up to 254,945 since the start of the pandemic, 249,335  persons have, however, recovered from the virus while 3,142 people have died from complications after contracting the coronavirus.

This report includes:

▪️A backlog of 2 cases reported for Kano from 10th (1) and 11th (1) March 2022

▪️2 States with zero cases reported: Bauchi and Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/qaJgkhp84q

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022