Nigeria on Saturday reported 195 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest daily infections since December 2020 as the country commences vaccination for the viral disease.
The new cases is the lowest reported since December 2, 2020, when there were 122 new infections.
195 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-70
Kaduna-22
Abia-20
Edo-18
Kano-10
Akwa Ibom-9
Rivers-7
FCT-7
Borno-6
Bauchi-5
Osun-5
Oyo-5
Plateau-3
Ekiti-3
Niger-2
Ogun-2
Zamfara-1158,237 confirmed
137,645 discharged
1,964 deaths pic.twitter.com/E5tbz5NgFq— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 6, 2021
Nigeria suffered its worst phase of the COVID-19 outbreak between December and January as daily infections averaged over 1,000.
However, infection figures recently have been relatively low with daily cases hovering between 300 and 700 in the past two weeks except for the 709 infections recorded on Thursday and the 195 recorded yesterday.
With the latest figure, the total infection tally in the country is now 158, 238, according to an update published by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night.
Our discharges today includes 282 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/d4S5ShIExz
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 6, 2021
Also on Saturday, Nigeria recorded 10 deaths from COVID-19 as President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo took their first doses of the newly acquired Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines at the Presidential Villa.
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While daily infections have reduced, the fatality toll in the country has relatively been high. Saturday’s death tally raised the fatality toll in the past five days to 57 in total.
With the latest figure, the total fatality toll in the country is now 1,964, according to the NCDC.
Health experts believe the official data under-reports both infections and deaths because of the country’s limited testing capacity.
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has so far conducted about 1.54 million tests, less than one per cent of the country’s 200 million population.
More than two-third (137,645) of the over 158,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
Meanwhile, over 18,000 infections are still active in the country.
