By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday said the country has recorded 159 additional COVID-19 infections, with zero deaths across 11 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC, which disclosed this in an update via its website, revealed that FCT had 71 infection cases.
The 159 additional infections which were recorded on Tuesday indicated an increase from the 89 cases reported the previous day in the country.
“FCT (71), Lagos (20), Imo (17), Rivers (15), Cross River (9), Kano (7), Ondo (7), Plateau (4), Ekiti (3), Niger (3), Delta (2), and Bauchi (1).
The Public health agency said 209,546 cases had so far been confirmed, while 197, 546 cases had been discharged with 2,838 deaths recorded in the 36 states and the FCT.
The NCDC said that the country’s active cases presently stood at 9,162. It also said that more than 3,207,523 million people had been tested.
The agency added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.