COVID-19 In Nigeria: There Were 428 New Confirmed Cases And Eight New Death On Tuesday, January 4.
In the latest health news in Nigeria, there has been one new additional COVID-19-related death in Nigeria. This brings the total number of deaths to 3053.
Lagos State recorded the highest number of COVID-19 in Nigeria cases. 14 states recorded about 428 new cases. This was the update released by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, January 5.
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The record of 21 COVID-19 related deaths reported on December 25 remains the highest in recent time.
Rivers State leads with a massive record of 188 new cases.
Ondo State follows with a distant record of 54 confirmed new cases.
The FCT follows with a record of 42 new cases.
See the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, recorded from Tuesday, January 4.
Rivers – 188.
Ondo – 54.
FCT – 42.
Imo – 25.
Nasarawa – 24.
Oyo – 23.
Edo – 18.
Akwa Ibom – 16.
Ogun – 14.
Osun – 10.
Kano – 7.
Ekiti – 3.
Borno – 2.
Plateau – 2.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control said these new cases increased the number of cases to 244,548.
The total number of deaths is currently 3,053.
Active cases: 24,681.
However, the NCDC reports a record of 216,814 COVID-19 patients who have recovered and have been discharged.
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Again, the agency has lauded the activities of the National Emergency Operations Centre.
It added that a multi-sectoral National Emergency Operations Centre activated at Level 2 had coordinated the national response.
