Nigeria Reports One Death, 13 New COVID-19 Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed one additional death from the pandemic on Thursday, thereby increasing the country’s death toll to 3,143

After days of consistently reporting no fatalities from the coronavirus pandemic, Nigeria on Thursday recorded one new fatality and 13 COVID-19 infections across four states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The health officials noted that the total number of infections recorded in Nigeria now stands at 255,646, stating that Nigeria has successfully treated and discharged 249,842 people.

It added that the latest infections included data from 12th to 13th April 2022, Out of which Lagos had six cases, Rivers had three cases, Delta with two cases, FCT and Kano reported one case each

While seven states; Abia, Bauchi, Cross River, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Plateau and Sokoto reported  zero cases.

13 new confirmed cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-6
Rivers-3
Delta-2
FCT-1
Kano-1

2 UI55,646 confirmed
249,842 discharged
3,143 deaths #TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/CtSx9GzSuK

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2022

April 15, 2022