COVID-19 Nigeria Records 1,483 New Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,483  new cases of COVID-19 infections, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 118,138.

According to the anti-disease agency who made this known via its official Twitter page on Friday, the new infections were confirmed from 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The public health agency also confirmed additional five coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll in the country to 1,490.

It stated that Kaduna state reported the highest number of infections with 545 new cases, raising the tally of cases in the state to 7,176 and 56 deaths

The agency said that the FCT came second with 235 new infections, for a tally of 15,506 and 119 deaths.

Other states are Plateau with 127, Nasarawa-80, Oyo-72, Delta-65, Rivers-64, Kano-46, Ogun-46, Bayelsa-30, Gombe-30, Abia-28, Osun-27, Edo-25, Ondo-14, Sokoto-12, Zamfara-10, Bauchi-eight Imo-five Jigawa-four, Ekiti-four, Borno-four and Niger-two.

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The NCDC said: “On Thursday, we erroneously reported one new case, instead of three new cases for Zamfara State.”

Meanwhile, it added that “Friday’s report does not include data from Lagos State.”

The public health institute noted that 504 people have been successfully treated and discharged from various isolation centres in the country.

The NCDC said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level 3, is coordinating response activities nationwide.

 

1483 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-545
FCT-235
Plateau-127
Nasarawa-80
Oyo-72
Delta-65
Rivers-64
Kano-46
Ogun-46
Bayelsa-30
Gombe-30
Abia-28
Osun-27
Edo-25
Ondo-14
Sokoto-12
Zamfara-10
Bauchi-8
Imo-5
Jigawa-4
Ekiti-4
Borno-4
Niger-2 pic.twitter.com/ln5XAZeTJw

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 22, 2021