15 states, FCT report 337 COVID-19 cases, two deaths
15 states and the Federal Capital Territory reported 337 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, according to figures released on Saturday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The health agency also reported two COVID-19 related deaths.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Saturday.
According to the agency, the 337 new cases were recorded from Lagos, the FCT and 14 other states.
Lagos recorded the highest number of new infections with 142 cases, Rivers – 32, Edo – 30, Delta – 25, Kwara – 23, Kaduna – 16, Oyo – 16, Plateau – 12, FCT – 11, Akwa Ibom – 10, Kano – 10, Ogun – 3, Ekiti – 2, Gombe – 2, Imo – 2, and Nasarawa – 1
The health agency said the 337 new COVID-19 infections have brought the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 201,294
However, 189,608 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged in the country, the agency said.
With two COVID-19 related deaths reported, the death toll from the virus has risen to 2,649, NCDC said.
It added that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.
