Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday recorded 662 new coronavirus cases and 10 deaths from the virus.
The new figure reported from 23 states raised the total infections in the country to 150,908 and also increased total fatalities in the country to 1,813.
662 cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-167
FCT-116
Ogun-45
Kano-44
Akwa Ibom-35
Edo-34
Rivers-27
Kaduna-23
Osun-23
Kwara-22
Taraba-22
Oyo-20
Ondo-19
Plateau-14
Abia-11
Imo-11
Nasarawa-7
Niger-6
Bayelsa-5
Delta-5
Enugu-3
Ekiti-2
Jigawa-1150,908 confirmed
127,500 discharged
1,813 deaths pic.twitter.com/yiOhpPLrB2— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 20, 2021
Since the start of the second wave of COVID-19 last December, Nigeria has recorded more cases of the virus.
An average of over 1,000 cases have been reported daily since the beginning of 2021.
Nearly half of Nigeria’s total infections were recorded this year with about 65,000 infections reported since January 1, 2021.
Meanwhile, health experts believe the current figures do not give a “full picture” of the outbreak in the country.
The experts say that there are low testing in many states, which they believe could mean infections have been under-reported.
A recent general fact sheet published by the NCDC further exposed the gulf in testing for COVID-19 in Kogi and many other states
More than two-thirds of the over 150,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
The figure indicates the level of success the country’s health professionals have recorded in administering available treatment to infected persons.
According to NCDC data published Friday night, a total of 127,500 have recovered after treatment
Our discharges today include community recoveries in Lagos (535), Kaduna (73) and Imo State (69), managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/ZuGdez7F2c
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 20, 2021
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, about 21,000 infections are still active in the country.
Since the pandemic broke out in February last year, Nigeria has carried out over 1.3 million tests.
