By JOY ADARA, Abuja –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said the country has recorded 376 new COVID-19 infections and 35 additional deaths as at Saturday.
The NCDC which disclosed this in an update via its website, said the 376 new cases were reported from 14 states.
It listed the states to include: Lagos (215), Rivers (82), Ondo (16), Imo (14), Plateau (12), Kaduna (10), Kwara (9), Ekiti (4), Bauchi (3), Delta (3), Kano (3), Sokoto (3), Nasarawa (1), and Oyo (1).
According to the centre, till date, 2,091,73 cases have been confirmed, 1,970,84 cases have been discharged and 2,804 deaths have been recorded in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
It noted that the country’s active cases now stood at 9,265.
The Agency further stated that more than 3,142,971 samples of the virus from the country’s roughly 200 million population, had been tested.
It noted that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The NCDC, however, advised Nigerians that home-based care was to be provided to COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms only at the advice of trained and designated health workers.
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