Nigeria on Saturday confirmed 1,588 new COVID-19 cases across 20 of its states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Lagos state was top of the list with 535 new cases on Saturday, followed by Anambra with 218 and Oyo with 155.
With the new cases, the country’s total number of confirmed cases stood at 139,242 on Sunday morning, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
Nigeria also recorded six COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, raising the total fatality in the country to 1,588.
1,588 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-535
Anambra-218
Oyo-155
FCT-150
Kano-124
Gombe-60
Kaduna-49
Ebonyi-48
Plateau 46
Akwa Ibom-39
Niger-37
Edo-33
Katsina-23
Rivers-18
Taraba-15
Nasarawa-14
Ogun-11
Delta-9
Ekiti-2
Jigawa-2139,242 confirmed
112,557 discharged
1,647 deaths pic.twitter.com/odpbIfC9ss— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 6, 2021
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.
There has been a spike in daily cases in Nigeria since early last December. The adverse impact has been more deaths.
Our discharges today include 498 community recoveries in Lagos State, 64 in Kano State and 54 in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/7zAMmkRL4N
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 6, 2021
Of the over 139,000 new cases, a total of 112,557 patients have recovered across the country.
Meanwhile, there are nearly 25,000 patients still receiving treatment in isolation centres.
