In a trend that began Friday, Nigeria on Monday recorded no fatalities from COVID-19 complications, according to health authorities.
With no deaths in the past four days, the fatality toll in the country has remained 2,058 in total, according to an update published by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday night.
In addition, NCDC announced the country recorded 135 new cases in 11 states on Monday.
The new tally raised the total number of infections in the West African nation to 163,330, according to NCDC’s data.
The new cases were reported from 11 states – Kwara-37, Lagos-32, Ondo-23, Nasarawa-13, FCT-9, Kaduna-7, Rivers-6, Osun-3, Delta-2, Edo-2, and Borno-1.
Kwara had the highest figure on Monday with 37 new cases followed by Lagos and Ondo with 32 and 23 infections respectively.
135 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Kwara-37
Lagos-32
Ondo-23
Nasarawa-13
FCT-9
Kaduna-7
Rivers-6
Osun-3
Delta-2
Edo-2
Borno-1163,330 confirmed
152,045 discharged
2,058 deaths pic.twitter.com/a8TjzGOTz7— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2021
In the past one week, there has been a further decline in new cases as daily infections have fallen below 200. Daily infections averaged over 1,000 between December 2020 and February 2021.
Meanwhile, more than two-thirds of the over 163,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
According to NCDC’s data, a total of 152,045 have recovered after treatment.
Today’s report includes:
✅18 community recoveries in Kaduna State
✅Data from Kaduna State recorded over the last two days
✅Backlog of cases reported in Kwara StateA breakdown of cases by state via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/wFDaU4a6oG
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2021
Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.7 million tests.
Meanwhile, about 10,000 infections are still active in the country.
Nigeria about a month ago commenced the vaccination of its citizens with Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine it received almost four million doses of through COVAX facility, a UN backed arrangement.
Priority is being given to health workers while interested Nigerians have been asked to register online to be vaccinated.
Top public officials including President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo were vaccinated publicly to drive vaccine acceptance among citizens.
Almost a million Nigerians have received jabs of the Oxford vaccine, according to the Executive Director of National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
