Kaduna, Abia, Delta lead new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 89 new infections, with Kaduna, Abia and Delta topping the log on Monday.
One COVID-19 related death was recorded on the date while 169 persons were discharged, according to data from the public health body on Tuesday morning.
The 89 fresh cases reported on Monday indicate a decrease from the 125 cases reported the previous day in the country.
According to it, till date, 209,387 cases have been confirmed, 197,312 cases have been discharged and 2,838 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The public health agency stated that the 89 new cases were reported from eight states.
“Kaduna (34), Abia (22), Delta (11), Kano (8), Rivers (8), Bauchi (4), Jigawa (1), and Zamfara (1).
“Today’s report includes zero cases from Edo, Gombe and Sokoto,” it stated.
The agency said that the country’s active cases now stood at 9,237.
The NCDC said that over 3,142,971 million samples of the virus from the nation’s roughly 200 million population had been tested.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
(NAN)
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