COVID-19 In Nigeria Update: Six Deaths Recorded, 123 New Cases

COVID-19 In Nigeria Update: There Were 123 New Confirmed Cases and Six New Deaths Recorded On Thursday, January 20.

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 3123.

Edo State recorded the highest number of COVID-19 in Nigeria cases. 12 states recorded about 123 new cases.

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported this on Friday, January 21.

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The record of 21 COVID-19 related deaths reported on December 25, 2021, remains the highest in recent time.

Edo State leads with a record of 38 new cases.

Osun State follows with a record of 25 confirmed new cases.

Rivers State follows with a close record of 22 new cases.

See the number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, recorded from Thursday, January 20.

Edo – 38.

Osun – 25.

Rivers – 22.

Kaduna – 12.

Oyo – 10.

Kwara – 6.

Ogun – 3.

Bauchi – 2.

Kano – 2.

Borno – 1.

Delta – 1.

Ekiti – 1.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control said these new cases increased the number of cases to 251, 694.

The total number of deaths is currently 3,123.

Active cases: 23,116.

However, the NCDC reports a record of 225,445 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.