Nigeria Records 58 New COVID-19 Infections  

Nigeria has registered 58 additional lab-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in six states and the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), via its verified website on Wednesday morning, said that the additional Coronavirus infections in the country have moved up to 253,838 as of Tuesday.

On Tuesday, no Coronavirus-related death was reported according to the NCDC for three straight days.

As of February 8, the overall deaths due to Coronavirus in Nigeria stood at 3,139.

It stated that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre of the virus in the country reported most of the cases, with 35 infections on Tuesday, which include a backlog of 15 cases reported on January 7.

The NCDC noted that the FCT reported nine cases, which include a backlog of six cases reported on February 7.

While Edo had five cases, Delta reported four, with Kano and Rivers reporting two cases each and Kaduna had only one case.

The agency stated that seven states, including Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Ondo, Oyo, Plateau and Sokoto on Tuesday reported zero cases.

The NCDC also announced that the total recoveries count has moved up from 230,145 it was the previous day to 230,211 on Tuesday after some patients tested negative for the disease.

It added that the country’s active cases declined by eight from 20,496 it was the previous day, leaving the total at 20,488.