Nigeria Records 74 New COVID-19 Cases, No Death

Nigeria recorded no additional fatality from the coronavirus pandemic and 74 new infections across eight states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.

The additional 74 cases reported indicate an increase from the 45 cases reported in the country between 26th to 28th of March.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), disclosed this on its Facebook page late Wednesday night, noting that the country’s fatality toll from the disease still stands at 3,142.

It added that the latest figure of confirmed cases has increased Nigeria’s infection toll to 255,415.

NCDC stated that a total of 249,606 COVID-19 patients had recovered and had been discharged from hospitals across the country since the start outbreak, including 40 recoveries  reported on Wednesday, out of which 22 community discharged cases were recorded in FCT.

Active COVID-19 cases trend down, total cases now stands at 2,672, up from 2,633 cases it was on March 28.

The breakdown of the COVID-19 data revealed that Lagos, the epicentre of the disease, reported 35 cases.

Bauchi state followed on the log with 12 cases, while FCT, Abia and Kaduna states reported 11, 5 and 4 cases respectively.

Kano state also had 3 cased, Plateau had 2 cases, Oyo and Rivers reported 1 case each.

While Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto reported zero cases of the virus.

NCDC noted that the report includes data from 29th and 30th March 2022.

This report includes:

▪️Data for 29th and 30th March 2022
▪️22 community discharged cases reported from FCT
▪️5 States with zero cases reported: Ekiti, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto

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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 30, 2022

March 31, 2022