By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja-
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that it has registered 37 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total numbers of infections in the country to 166,098 confirmed cases.
As at Tuesday, 25 May, 2021, the public health agency recorded 4 COVID-19-related deaths, leaving the total fatalities in Nigeria to 2,071 deaths.
The NCDC made this know in an update via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov, noting that the 37 new cases were reported from 6 states, including: – Lagos (29), Akwa Ibom (3), FCT (2), Gombe (1), Kaduna (1), and Kano (1).
It added that with the new cases, the total numbers of confirmed infections since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country had risen to 166,098 confirmed cases, out of which 156,528 Covid-19 patients have been discharged.
The NCDC further noted that there were now 7,449 active cases across the country in the last 24 hours and it has so far carried out sample test on 2,093,243 persons since the outbreak of the pandemic, last year.
It also said that a multi-sector national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, is coordinating response activities Nationwide.