Nigeria on Monday confirmed 1,430 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total infections to 122,996, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Three people also died from the disease in the past 24 hours taking the fatalities from the disease to 1,507 in total.
The new infections were reported from 19 states – Lagos (744), Plateau (100), Oyo (77), FCT (75), Nasarawa (74), Katsina (48), Edo (42), Kano (41), Enugu (37), Rivers (34), Ogun (33), Kwara (32), Niger (28), Ebonyi (27), Kaduna (26), Borno (12), Yobe (10), Ekiti (5), and Gombe (1).
Lagos led with 744 new cases on Monday followed by Plateau State with 100 new infections.
1,430 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-744
Plateau-100
Oyo-77
FCT-75
Nasarawa-74
Katsina-48
Edo-42
Kano-41
Enugu-37
Rivers-34
Ogun-33
Kwara-32
Niger-28
Ebonyi-27
Kaduna-26
Borno-12
Yobe-10
Ekiti-5
Gombe-1112,996 confirmed
98,359 discharged
1,507 deaths pic.twitter.com/uPLDaNXA0C— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 25, 2021
Last week was one of the worst in Nigeria’s COVID-19 pandemic era.
According to a review of data provided by the NCDC, 11,659 persons tested positive for the virus last week (January 17- 23), which is 18 per cent higher than the previous week’s record of 9,880. This is despite the fact that more tests were conducted in the previous week than last week.
Our discharges today include 435 community recoveries in Lagos State and 184 community recoveries in Kaduna State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/5nt0YjYJoN
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 25, 2021
The three deaths on Monday indicated a significant decrease from the average daily fatalities recorded last week.
Last week, Nigeria reported 82 deaths, an average of 11 deaths daily, which represents a 14 per cent increase from the previous week’s record. In the past four weeks, there have been over 200 fatalities.
Although over 10,000 COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from isolation centres across Nigeria last week, the number of those on admission increased with over 23,000 patients still receiving treatments.
Of the over 122,000 new cases, a total of 98,359 patients have recovered across the country.
So far, Nigeria has conducted over 1.2 million COVID-19 tests.
