Nigeria Exceeds Over 1,000 Covid-19 Deaths

AMINA HUSSAINI

Nigeria on Sunday night crossed the threshold of 1,000 COVID-19 deaths, with five new reported deaths.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which announced this via its twitter handle, said 1,002 deaths have been recorded by the country since the emergence of the virus in February 2020.

The nation’s health agency announced 322 new cases of coronavirus – a figure which was 279 lower than that of the previous day.

The cases were reported from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), bringing Nigeria’s total infections to 52,227.

Lagos, which is the epicentre of the pandemic in the country, reported the highest number of additional infections – 130, followed by Bauchi and the FCT which have 36 and 25 more cases respectively.

Others are Edo – 17, Bayelsa – 14, Ogun – 14, Oyo – 14, Anambra – 13, Kaduna – 12, Ondo – 11, Abia – 10, Osun – six, Plateau – five, Kwara – five, Kano – four, Ebonyi – three, Sokoto – two, and Borno – one.

On the other hand, 279 more people were successfully treated and have been discharged from various isolation centres as the country now has 38,945 recovered cases.

This represents 74.56 per cent of the total COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, while 12,280 cases are still active.

322 NEW CASES OF #COVID19NIGERIA;

Lagos-130
Bauchi-36
FCT-25
Edo-17
Bayelsa-14
Ogun-14
Oyo-14
Anambra-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-11
Abia-10
Osun-6
Plateau-5
Kwara-5
Kano-4
Ebonyi-3
Sokoto-2
Borno-1

52,227 confirmed
38,945 discharged
1002 deaths