Tag: NCDC
Lassa Fever strikes 200 Nigerians dead
The agency said that every year, the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and NCDC’s…
NCDC urges workers to be vigilant against Diphtheria outbreak
Adetifa said there was need for health workers to maintain a high index suspicion for diphtheria to ensure early detection…
Cholera strikes 79 Nigerians dead in three months
The agency said that 12 states across 43 local government areas reported the suspected cases, with a case fatality ratio…
Nigeria posts 244 cases of Lassa fever, 37 death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 244 confirmed cases of Lassa Fever in 16 states and…
NCDC deploys rapid response team to Jigawa, Yobe, Katsina
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has deployed a Rapid Response Team (RRT) to Jigawa, Yobe, and…
Cholera kills 80 Nigerians in September
The NCDC said this via its official website on Wednesday, stating that since the beginning of 2022, 256 people from…
Yellow Fever: 14 dead in 10 Nigerian states
The World Health Organisation (WHO) described yellow fever as an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes.
NCDC announces COVID-19 surge in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom leads
The NCDC said that the 517 cases, which were recorded in 13 states and the Federal Capital Territory, have raised…
COVID-19: NCDC issues public health advisory for Eid-el-Kabir
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a public health advisory on its website to members of the…
Lagos leads as fresh COVID-19 cases surge in Nigeria
The Centre said that the latest cases have increased the country’s infections to 257,290, while the fatalities still stood at…
No laboratory for generating monkeypox in Nigeria – NCDC
Nigeria said it welcomes scientific cooperation with all foreign countries, and has received material support from the United Kingdom, Germany,…
Monkeypox: Nigeria reports six cases, one death
The centre said that Nigeria’s risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on the recent risk assessment…
Nigeria confirms 358 cases of Lassa Fever, UK reports 3 deaths
Nigeria and some parts of Africa have continued to see recent outbreaks of Lassa fever, making a pandemic-wary world even…
Omicron COVID-19 variant dominant in Nigeria: NCDC
The agency said while the Omicron variant is the dominant variant in the country, ‘BA.2,’ the sub-variant of the strain,…
Daily COVID-19 cases tumble in Nigeria
Confirmed cases in Nigeria stood at 253,540 as at 4 February. Death toll remained unchanged at 3,136.
Nigeria records 159 new COVID-19 infections
NCDC added that the additional infections brought the total number of discharged COVID-19 cases in the country to 229,650 and…
646 people recover from Covid-19 in 24 hours – NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported that 646 people recovered from Coronavirus in the last 24 hours,…
COVID-19: Nigeria logs 2 deaths, 241 new infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday logged two Coronavirus-related deaths and 241 additional cases in eight states…
Nigeria records 228 new COVID-19 cases
462 people recuperated from the infection and were discharged from hospitals across the country on Sunday.
Cholera kills 3,604 Nigerians
NCDC explained that while 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory were ravaged by cholera, Anambra, Edo and Imo, did…
Nigeria records 301 new COVID-19 infections, 8 deaths
The NCDC said that Lagos State, the country’s epicentre reported 175, Ondo-42, Osun-23, Rivers-21, Nasarawa-16, Oyo-8, Gombe-7, Kaduna-7, FCT-1 and…
Nigeria posts six more COVID-19 deaths, as Rivers topples Lagos in fresh cases
Of the 537 cases reported, Rivers posted 313 cases, up from the 159 cases it recorded the previous day to…
Nigeria records 5 deaths, 814 new cases of COVID-19
Lagos State logged the highest number of infections with 310 cases, followed by Rivers with 126 and Taraba, 76 cases.
791 fresh COVID-19 cases, eight deaths hit Nigeria
Figures released by the NCDC late Thursday night showed that Lagos recorded 523 fresh cases to top the chat, with…
4 killed by COVID-19 in Abuja since 1 January
The deaths raised the fatalities in Abuja from 235 to 239, the second highest after Lagos's 761. Nationally, Nigeria now…
Nigeria records 1 death, 828 new COVID-19 cases
The infections from the virus rose to 242,341 while Nigeria's death toll rose to 3,031 cases.
Delta tops daily COVID-19 chart with backlog cases
The oil state which on Monday only detected three positive cases of the virus, ballooned its daily figure with hitherto…
2 COVID-19 deaths, 859 new cases: NCDC
According to the breakdown of NCDC report, Lagos continued to lead the daily grim chart with 555 cases, up from…
Abuja logs 909 COVID-19 cases in 3 days: NCDC
The covid-19 report comes amid news that some presidential aides have contracted the disease.
Active COVID-19 cases in Nigeria close to 20,000
Lagos harbours 10,209 of the cases, followed by Abuja, with 2,314 and Delta 2,039. Rivers is fourth with 1,039 cases.