This report includes data from 4th to 6th June
2022.
The announcement was made by the Nigeria
Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via Twitter early Tuesday.
Monday’s 79 new cases which indicated a
significant increase from the 35 infections recorded on June 3rd took the total
number of infections in the country to 256,227, since the first case was
confirmed on February 27, 2020.
Imo State leads in the newly reported cases with
38, followed by Lagos with 22, Kano with 12, FCT with 6 and Rivers had 1 case.
While five States; Abia, Kaduna, Plateau,
Rivers and Sokoto reported zero cases.
NCDC added that no deaths were recorded from
the virus for the past 55 days, the last death was recorded on April 13, 2022. As
a result, the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus still stands at 3,143.
Meanwhile, 48 patients were discharged after
recovering from the infection on Monday.
A total of 256,227 infections have now been
confirmed across the country, out of which 250,113 persons have been
discharged, and 2,971 are currently active cases
The health officials, however, noted that the Monday
report included a backlog of 38 confirmed & 42 discharged cases reported
from Imo state.
NCDC also stated that 5,198,572 blood samples had been tested
since the pandemic began in 2020.
This report includes:
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 7, 2022
▪️Data for 4-6 June 2022
▪️Backlog of 38 confirmed & 42 discharged cases reported from Imo state
▪️5 States with zero cases reported: Abia, Kaduna, Plateau, Rivers and Sokoto
For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/ZduU5EFQZe