The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed
a new major record figure on its daily count of coronavirus infections with
over 1,200 fresh cases recorded across the country.
The NCDC confirmed the new cases across 20 states and the
federal capital territory (FCT) on Monday.
The new figure, which comes as the country experiences a
second wave of infections, was confirmed in the agency’s update for January 4,
2021 — Nigeria’s previous highest count was 1,145 cases confirmed on December
17.
Lagos alone accounted for more than half of the new cases,
with 654 positive samples, followed by FCT with 200, and Plateau with 60.
However, seven persons were confirmed to have died of
COVID-19 complications on Monday, increasing the current fatality toll to
1,318.
NCDC also confirmed 655 new recoveries on Monday, and the
total number of discharged patients is now 75,699 – the new recoveries included
218 persons in Lagos.
Out of a total of 91,351 samples confirmed positive so far
across the 36 states and the FCT, 14,267 are currently active cases.
Lagos has the highest number of active cases with 4,712
patients; FCT has the second most infections with 4,585, while Oyo comes next
with 591.
Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday1204 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 4, 2021
Lagos-654
FCT-200
Plateau-60
Kaduna-54
Kano-40
Rivers-30
Edo-28
Nasarawa-25
Kebbi-19
Bauchi-18
Oyo-13
Akwa Ibom-12
Bayelsa-11
Ogun-11
Delta-9
Abia-8
Benue-5
Imo-3
Borno-2
Sokoto-1
Osun-1
91,351 confirmed
75,699 discharged
1,318 deaths pic.twitter.com/DhGzPtTv5Z
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