Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 43 new COVID-19 infections in seven states across the country.
The new figure raised the total number of infections in the country to 165,153, an update published by NCDC on Saturday night indicates.
Lagos had the highest figure on Saturday with 28 new cases followed by FCT and Rivers with four new cases each.
According to the update, no new death was recorded from the virus which has already claimed 2,063 lives in the country, making it the third consecutive day that nobody died from the disease in the country.
The number of deaths recorded from the virus has declined recently with only two deaths recorded in the last 18 days.
#COVID19Nigeria update as at 1st May, 2021
43 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-28
FCT-4
Rivers-4
Ekiti-2
Kaduna-2
Ogun-2
Bauchi-1165,153 confirmed
155,109 discharged
2,063 death pic.twitter.com/XlFW1ZlcIe— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 2, 2021
A breakdown of the latest data shows that only eight people were discharged on Saturday after testing negative for the virus, bringing the total number of discharged persons after treatment to 155,109.
Meanwhile, 10,044 infections are still active in the country.
Since the pandemic broke out in Nigeria in February 2020, the country has carried out over 1.9 million tests, according to NCDC.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/AobDSEVT4H
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 2, 2021
More Nigerians are also taking shots of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
Almost two months after the country commenced vaccination against the virus, about 1.2 million people have received their first dose of the vaccines, according to data by National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA).
