NCDC Records 63 New COVID-19 Infections

Nigeria has recorded another 63 new cases of COVID-19 with zero death in Lagos, Kano and Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.

This report includes data for 14th and 15th June 2022, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC said via its official website on Thursday.

Lagos, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria recorded most of the infections with 50 cases, Kano, a northern city in the country had 11 cases and FCT, the capital city of Nigeria recorded 2 cases.

The commercial city of over 23.5 million people has maintained the status of the COVID-19 epicentre since the disease outbreak in 2020, as the data on the NCDC website shows, the state has so far recorded a total of 99,738 cases and 769 deaths, almost a quarter of the total deaths from the virus across the country, and 98,062 recoveries.

NCDC, however, noted that four reported zero cases: Delta, Plateau, Rivers, and Sokoto

According to the update, the new infections raised the total number of cases in the country to 256,467, while the fatality toll still stands at 3,144, as no fatality was recorded in the past 48 hours.

Nigeria has so far tested 5,219,585 persons since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced in 2020, out of which 256,467 cases was confirmed, 250,154 recoveries were recorded and 3,144 people have lost their lives.

This report includes:

▪️Data for 14th and 15th June 2022
▪️4 States with zero cases reported: Delta, Plateau, Rivers, and Sokoto

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/XocCvfJQp3

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 16, 2022

June 16, 2022