NCDC reports 22 new COVID-19 cases in five states
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 22 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 in five states and the Federal Capital Territory on February 19.
The NCDC via its website on Sunday said that the number of coronavirus infections in the country had moved up to 254,243 with the latest reported cases.
Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases continue to decline rapidly as the nation emerges from the surge caused by the Omicron variant of the pandemic.
NCDC reported that 38 COVID-19 patients had recovered as at February 19, and had been discharged from various isolation centres across the country.
According to the agency, this includes 25 community discharged cases, reported in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC noted that the country’s recoveries also increased to 230,587, a recovery rate of 90.7 per cent.
On coronavirus-related fatalities, NCDC noted that the country’s death toll remained at 3,142 as no patient has died of COVID-19 complications as at February 19.
The agency said 13 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos, four in Osun and two in Kaduna, while Ekiti, the FCT and Oyo reported one case each.
It said its latest report included 10 states with zero cases, comprising Abia, Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Plateau, Rivers and Sokoto States.
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