Tag: NCDC
Nigeria’s Omicron variant cases hit 51: NCDC
Ifedayo Adetifa head of NCDC said Omicron has raised the number of confirmed cases in the country by 500 percent…
500 percent jump in Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases, Lagos still worst hit
NCDC disclosed that Nigeria has recorded a 500% increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases over the past two…
NCDC records one death, Oyo leads second day of lower COVID-19 cases
Oyo came top in the latest update with 122 cases, followed by the FCT Abuja with 84. Lagos produced 52…
COVID-19 cases soar in Nigeria, as infections in Lagos near 1,000
COVID-19 cases soar in Nigeria on Friday, with infections in Lagos nearing the 1,000 mark, according to report from the…
Nigeria records another big jump in COVID-19 cases
There was no death recorded for the second day running. Thus the national death toll remained at 2,980.
Nigeria records 54 Covid-19 cases, no death
However, Nigeria’s death toll stands at 2,980 as no new death was recorded.
Nigeria’s daily COVID-19 cases jump amid Omicron variant
NCDC warned that Nigeria is at risk of registering high incidences of the new variant due to neglect of preventive…
Omicron COVID-19 variant detected in Nigeria, linked to South Africa
NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said the cases were discovered through genomic sequencing. They were linked to passengers from South…
Omicron first detected by Botswana on West Africans: NCDC chief Adetifa
Adetifa spoke as Ontario Province in Canada reported Sunday that it found two cases of the variant on two persons…
NCDC records 41 new Covid-19 cases, no deaths
Lagos logged 17 cases, Plateau 10 cases, while and Bauchi, Kano and Rivers recorded four cases each.
Nigeria posts 57 new Covid-19 infections, one death
By Abuja Rachel Nigeria has recorded an additional fatality from the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, with 57 fresh cases reported…
Nigeria records 11 covid-19 deaths as cases climb to 212,947
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday recorded 11 new deaths, bringing the total death toll in the…
COVID-19 update: 1 dead, 86 new cases
The fatality toll now stood at 2,906, while a total of 212,713 infections have been confirmed across the country.
NCDC announces 65 new COVID-19 cases
NCDC said that 204,184 people have been successfully treated and discharged across the country.
COVID-19 update: 2 dead, 99 new cases
Nigeria has been reporting sub-100 cases of the virus in the last few days. On Monday, 90 cases were reported.
Covid-19: NCDC registers 90 additional infections, 2 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections continues to rise as 90 additional cases were registered…
Nigeria records another sub-100 COVID-19 cases
Benue reported the highest number of new infections with 49 cases, followed by Enugu and Osun states with six cases…
Nigeria records 159 new COVID-19 cases, no death
The centre said the FCT and Lagos recorded the highest numbers of new infections with both reporting 28 cases each.
Ihekweazu bows out as NCDC DG; Adetifa takes over
Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has officially handed over the position of Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, to Dr Ifedayo Adetifa.
Lagos logs 62 COVID-19 deaths in two days
Three states, Kano, Osun and Bauchi also reported three COVID-19 deaths, one each, increasing Nigeria's death toll to 2837.
COVID-19 Update: Nigeria records 6 deaths, 226 cases
With the update, the number of Nigeria's confirmed infections is now 208,630. Death toll has also risen to 2,767, while…
COVID-19 breather for Nigeria: Zero death, 138 new cases
The NCDC said that the number of active cases in Nigeria now stands at 9,386, slightly lower than the 9,404…
Cholera kills 2,404 Nigerians since January: NCDC
In a statement, the NCDC said 23 new cholera deaths were linked to the outbreak across the country between September…
FCT council intensifies campaign against cholera
Dr Sunday Goji, Head of Health Department, Bwari Area Council of the FCT, says intense sensitisation against the spread of…
COVID-19 strikes 21 more Nigerians dead, 387 new cases reported
COVID-19 has killed 21 more Nigerians in the last 24 hours, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has revealed.
Cholera: NCDC reports 46 new deaths in one week
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 46 new deaths linked to suspected cholera cases were recorded in the…
Eight dead as COVID-19 cases plummet in Nigeria
The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has killed eight Nigerians in the last 24 hours as new cases plummeted on Sunday.
Nigeria posts 17 more COVID-19 deaths, 597 new cases
Nigeria posted 17 more COVID-19 deaths, with 597 new cases on Tuesday, according to report released by the Nigerian Centre…
Nigeria records 30 more COVID-19 deaths, 23 in Lagos
Nigeria has reported 30 more COVID-19 deaths, with new cases dropping on Sunday, according to the Nigerian Centre for Disease…
No report from Lagos as NCDC logs 7 deaths , 444 COVID-19 cases
Lagos did not send its Friday report, which may account for the lower daily count, compared with 631 cases posted…