Nigeria on Sunday recorded its lowest COVID-19 daily infection toll since last December with 506 new cases.
On December 14, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 199 coronavirus cases.
However, while the new cases reduced, the death toll from the virus remained relatively high with 20 deaths recorded on Sunday.
The figures are according to an update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday night.
The 506 new cases indicated a significant decrease from the 1,588 new cases recorded in the previous 24 hours.
Found in 20 states, Sunday’s tally raised the total infection toll to 139,748.
506 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Ondo-90
Kwara-89
Rivers-53
Borno-45
Gombe-32
FCT-28
Imo-26
Ogun-25
Lagos-22
Kaduna-14
Kano-14
Edo-13
Osun-11
Cross River-10
Yobe-9
Ekiti-7
Kebbi-6
Nasarawa-6
Oyo-5
Jigawa-1139,748 confirmed
113,525 discharged
1,667 deaths pic.twitter.com/1AnT9MF84P— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 7, 2021
The significant reduction in daily cases could be as a result of the low number of cases recorded in Nigeria’s COVID-19 hotspots, Lagos and Abuja.
In Sunday’s tally, Ondo State had the highest number of cases with 90 new infections while Abuja and Lagos were far behind with 28 and 20 cases respectively.
Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 infections have averaged over 1,000 since the beginning of this year, indicating how fast the disease has spread compared to when the country recorded its first case of the virus in February last year.
Our discharges today include 360 community recoveries in Lagos State, 138 in Osun State, 121 in Plateau State, 89 in Imo State and 38 in Kano State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/PGTLbCtJ6X
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 7, 2021
Of the over 139,000 cases recorded so far, a total of 113,525 patients have recovered across the country.
Meanwhile, there are nearly 25,000 patients still receiving treatments in isolation centres.
Since the pandemic broke out in February last year, the country has carried out over 1.3 million tests.
