COVID-19: NCDC records additional five deaths, 176 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered five more COVID-19 deaths and an additional 176 new infections in 11 states and the FCT.
The NCDC revealed this on its website on Saturday.
It says the 176 new cases reported on Friday indicate a decrease from the 247 cases posted on Thursday.
It noted that the country’s total infections from the pandemic stood at 210,136, while the fatality toll stood at 2,855.
The NCDC said that a total of 198,117 Nigerians had received treatment and had been discharged from hospitals since the start of the pandemic in 2020.
The public health agency noted that the FCT topped the infection chart on Friday with 73 cases, while Plateau came next with 25 cases.
The agency stated that they were followed by Rivers in the South-South with 20 cases, while Kano State in the north-west recorded 18 cases.
Lagos State, the epicentre of the infection, recorded 15 cases, while Bauchi State in the North-East recorded nine cases.
Others are Osun and Ekiti states in the South-West that recorded eight cases and three cases respectively, while Edo in the South-South recorded a single case.
Bayelsa, Niger and Sokoto states recorded a single case each also.
The NCDC added that the country’s active cases stood at 9,164 as of October 22.
The agency stated also that more than three million samples had been tested out of the nation’s estimated 200 million population.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Agriculture
FG tasks ECOWAS on leveraging financing strategies for agroecology
The federal government has urged stakeholders in the agriculture and finance sectors in the West Africa region to leverage financing strategies to enhance agroecology practices
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Kano govt inaugurates 18-member committee on information dissemination
The secretary to the state government, Umar Faruq-Ibrahim, at the inauguration, said the committee would ensure accurate dissemination of information.
States
NAF affirms commitment to research, development to boost operational efficiency
The chief of transformation and innovation, Muhammad Ibrahim, stated this at the opening of the competition on Thursday in Kaduna.
Sport
Rovers FC edge Abakaliki FC, finish campaign eighth
Rovers Football Club of Calabar defeated Abakaliki FC 1-0 in their final Nigeria National League B2 Southern Conference match on Thursday.
Economy
NHA threatens shutdown of unregistered hotels in Nigeria
The Nigeria Hotel Association has warned that it will soon begin shutting down unregistered hotels across the country.
Politics
If elected in 2027, I’ll continue my harsh economic policies, winner-take-all politics: Tinubu
“They want to scare me off? It’s a lie. I’ve been through this path before. And if I have to come back over and over and over again, I’ll do the same thing,” said Mr Tinubu.
Economy
Nigeria has no immediate need for IMF’s support, Edun declares
Mr Edun stated this at the African Finance Ministers’ briefing, during the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, on Thursday in Washington.
