Nigeria: 27 New COVID-19 Cases Reported

Daily COVID-19 cases in Nigeria have continued to drop significantly as Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday morning announced additional 27 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), noting that the data are for 9th to 11th April 2022.

The three day’s COVID-19  data took Nigeria’s infection level to 255,633.

The health officials also stated that the fatality toll remains at 3,142 since February 18, 2022, when it recorded one death.

The breakdown of the data revealed that Lagos State, the epicentre of the disease, recorded 18 of the new infections, FCT and Delta recorded 4 and 2 cases respectively. While Kaduna, Oyo and Rivers recorded one case each.

NCDC added that seven states recorded no cases of virus within the three days: Ekiti, Kano, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Plateau and Sokoto.

According to NCDC data 3,142 people had lost their lives to the virus since its outbreak in the country on February 27, 2020, while 249,825 people have recovered and been discharged.

27 new confirmed cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-18
FCT-4
Delta-2
Kaduna-1
Oyo-1
Rivers-1

255,633 confirmed
249,825 discharged
3,142 deaths #TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/PQEdR3epFq

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 11, 2022

April 12, 2022