The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered an additional 159 new Covid-19 infections and one death across 13 states of the federation on Saturday.

In an update shared on its website on Sunday morning, NCDC said the country’s fatality toll from the virus now stood at 2,856.

The 159 additional cases reported on Saturday indicate a decrease from the 176 cases posted previously in the country.

It added that the latest figure of confirmed cases had also increased the country’s infection toll to 210, 295, stating that the active cases are 9, 248, with 198, 191 cases discharged across the country.

According to the update, Kaduna State ranked first on the log with 47 cases, followed by Enugu State and Benue with 44 and 36 cases respectively.

While Delta reported 10 cases, Lagos State reported seven cases followed by Plateau with five cases.

Amongst others were Rivers State which also recorded three cases, Nasarawa State two; while Bauchi, Bayelsa, Edo, Jigawa and Kano states reported a single case each.

The public health agency also noted that Jigawa reported no case on Saturday.

The NCDC noted that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level 2 continues to coordinate the national response activities.

In Week 41, the number of new confirmed cases increased to 1, 604 from 1, 556 reported in week 40 in the country.

These cases were reported in 26 states and the FCT. It also includes a backlog of cases reported from Lagos State.

In Week 41, the number of discharged cases increased to 1,869 from 1,177 in week 40. These were reported in 22 states and the FCT. It also includes community discharges reported from Edo and Lagos States.

There were 90 deaths reported in the last week in the country. It includes a backlog of 45 deaths reported from Lagos State.

Cumulatively, since the outbreak began in Week 9, 2020, there have been 209, 298 cases and 2,837 deaths reported with a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 1.4 per cent.

In week 41, the number of inbound international travellers tested was 3,673 of which 34 were positive compared to 53 (out of 4,152 tested) in week 40.

The number of outbound international travellers tested was 5,923 of which 77 were positive compared to 102 (out of 6,241 tested) in week 40 in the country.