Nigeria recorded 65 new COVID-19 cases and zero fatality on Wednesday, according to data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
This makes it the tenth consecutive day that the country recorded no death from the virus that has infected over 144 million persons globally and led to over 3 million deaths.
With zero fatality recorded on Wednesday, the death toll from the virus in Nigeria remains 2,061.
The infectious disease agency disclosed that the new cases were reported from 11 states –Lagos-41, Kaduna-6, Kano-3, Rivers-3, Plateau-3, Akwa Ibom-2, Imo-2, Oyo-2, Edo-1, Bauchi-1 and Osun-1.
With the new cases, Nigeria has recorded a total of 164,488 infections as at April 21, 2021.
65 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-41
Kaduna-6
Kano-3
Rivers-3
Plateau-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Imo-2
Oyo-2
Edo-1
Bauchi-1
Osun-1164,488 confirmed
154,441 discharged
2,061 deaths pic.twitter.com/VcVdYdaqk2— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2021
According to the data, 35 persons were discharged on Wednesday after testing negative to the COVID-19 virus, bringing the total number of discharged persons to 154,441.
Meanwhile, there are still about 10,000 active cases in the country and according to the health agency, over 1.8 million COVID-19 tests have been conducted in the country since the index case was reported in February 2020.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/XoI8AkPjZI
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2021
Nigeria has continued the vaccination of its citizens, which it commenced in March.
As of Wednesday, 1,133,325 eligible Nigerians have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, according to an update by National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
According to the update, Lagos, the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria, tops the chart with 218,174 persons already vaccinated.
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This is followed by Kano with 59,040 persons vaccinated, Kaduna – 58, 026 , Ogun – 53,314 and the FCT with 52,348 vaccinated persons.
The current phase of vaccination covers health workers and other frontline workers although Nigerians from other groups are also getting vaccinated.
