Nigeria on Saturday recorded its lowest daily infection and death toll since the beginning of the second wave of the pandemic last December.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 341 new cases on Saturday, indicating a significant decrease from the 521 new cases reported about a week ago as the lowest daily figure this year.
The new figures were reported from 21 states – Lagos (96), Rivers (41), Kaduna (33), Edo (21), Osun (20), Akwa Ibom (17), FCT (17), Ondo (15), Gombe (11), Kano (11), Imo (10), Ekiti (9), Kebbi (9), Kwara (8), Oyo (8), Borno (6), Enugu (3), Plateau (3), Delta (1), Niger (1) and Ogun (1).
Lagos had the highest toll in Friday’s tally with 96 new cases followed by Rivers and Kaduna with 41 and 33 infections respectively.
341 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-96
Rivers-41
Kaduna-33
Edo-21
Osun-20
Akwa Ibom-17
FCT-17
Ondo-15
Gombe-11
Kano-11
Imo-10
Ekiti-9
Kebbi-9
Kwara-8
Oyo-8
Borno-6
Enugu-3
Plateau-3
Delta-1
Niger-1
Ogun-1155,417 confirmed
133,256 discharged
1,905 deaths pic.twitter.com/Am8f5TDr1U— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 27, 2021
Since the increase in infections officially declared the second wave of the pandemic last December, Nigeria had averaged over 1,000 cases daily.
However, in the past one week, daily cases have fallen below 700 suggesting the country had gone past the worst phase of the viral infection.
The latest figure raised the infection toll to 155,417 in total.
Today’s report include:
✅319 community recoveries in Lagos State, 121 in Kaduna State and 38 in Rivers State
✅Data from Kaduna State recorded for 26th and 27th
A breakdown of cases by state via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/Ml1X1xIx4M
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 27, 2021
Three deaths were also recorded Saturday indicating a drop from the 11 fatalities recorded on Friday. The new deaths raised the death toll to 1,905 in total.
However, health experts believe the official data of infections and deaths are underreported because of the country’s limited testing capacity.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has so far conducted test figures less than one per cent of the country’s 200 million population.
More than two-third of the over 155,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment. According to NCDC, a total of 133,256 people have recovered after treatment.
Although people who recover from a viral infection often develop immunity against the same disease, it remains unclear whether this is the case with COVID-19 infection.
Meanwhile, over 20,000 infections are still active in the country and has conducted 1,489,103 tests so far
