Data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country stands at 161,539 as of Friday March 19. 130 of the cases were recorded in the last 24 hours.

“On the 19th of March 2021, 130 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country.

“Till date, 161,539 cases have been confirmed, 147,581 cases discharged and 2,027 deaths across the country.

“The 130 new cases were reported from 13 states – Lagos (46), Ogun (19), Kwara (18), FCT (12), Kaduna (10), Ekiti (six)Abia (five), Edo(three), Sokoto(three), Osun (three), Niger (two), Oyo (two), and Akwa Ibom (one),” the NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

According to it, no COVID-19-related death was reported, while the country’s death toll stood at 2,027 as of March 19, 2021.

The public health agency said that more than 147,000 people have recovered in the country after testing negative to the virus.

According to the report, 691 more people have recovered from the disease, bringing the total number of recoveries to 147,581.

“Our discharges today include 242 community recoveries in Lagos State, 193 in FCT and 103 in Kwara State, managed in line with guidelines,” NCDC noted.

It noted that the country’s active cases  stood at 11,931, in the last 24 hours.

The public health agency said a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, had continued to coordinate the national response activities in the country.

The country had tested 1,684,305 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on 27 February, 2020.

Daily new cases in the country continue to follow a downward trajectory. From an all-time high of 2,314 on January 22, 2021 , the country’s daily new positive cases have come down to 130 as of March 19, 2021. 

(NAN)