NCDC registers 58 COVID-19 infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it registered 58 additional cases of COVID-19 in six states and the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday.

The new figure moved confirmed cases to 253,838 as of Tuesday.

For the third day, there was no COVID-19-related death. Thus death toll stood at 3,139.

Lagos State, the country’s epicentre of the virus reported most of the cases, with 35 infections.

This included a backlog of 15 cases for 7 January.

According to the public health agency, the FCT reported nine cases, which include a backlog of six cases reported on 7 Feb.

While Edo had five cases, Delta reported four, with Kano and Rivers reporting two cases each and Kaduna one case.

The total recoveries count has moved up from 230,145 it was the previous day to 230,211 on Tuesday after some patients tested negative for the disease.

Active cases slightly declined from 20,496 to 20,488.