COVID-19 In Nigeria: There Were 537 New Confirmed Cases And Six New Death On Sunday, January 9.
In the latest health news in Nigeria, there have been six new additional COVID-19-related deaths in Nigeria. This brings the total number of deaths to 3077.
Rivers State recorded the highest number of COVID-19 in Nigeria cases. 8 states recorded about 537 new cases. This was the update released by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, January 10.
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The record of 21 COVID-19 related deaths reported on December 25, 2021, remains the highest in recent time.
Rivers State leads with a record of 313 new cases.
Lagos State follows with a distant record of 178 confirmed new cases.
The FCT follows with a record of 19 new cases.
See the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, recorded from Sunday, January 9.
Rivers – 313.
Lagos – 178.
FCT – 19.
Kaduna – 11.
Gombe – 6.
Ogun – 6.
Ekiti – 3.
Abia – 1.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control said these new cases increased the number of cases to 245,404.
The total number of deaths is currently 3,058.
Active cases: 26,238.
However, the NCDC reports a record of 218,997 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.
