Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 48 new cases of coronavirus infection in five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The new figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 166,146, according to official data released by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night.
Lagos took the lead with 22 new cases, followed by Rivers and Enugu with 11 cases each, while Kaduna, FCT and Gombe recorded one case each.
48 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-22
Rivers-11
Enugu-11
Kaduna-2
FCT-1
Gombe-1166,146 confirmed
156,529 discharged
2,071 deaths pic.twitter.com/Q74EIMUPjW— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2021
According to NCDC’s data, no new death was recorded from the virus which has already claimed 2,071 lives.
The data also shows that 156,529 people have been successfully treated and discharged after testing negative to the virus.
Today’s report includes 0 cases from Plateau, Nasarawa, Kano, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo and Ekiti States
A breakdown of cases by state via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/wDHxeDuhLc
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2021
With a population of about 200 million, Nigeria has only conducted over two million tests and has so far vaccinated 1,929,237 million people with Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
