The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 150 new COVID-19 infections in the country.
The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Thursday.
Agency reports disclosed that NCDC has conducted about 620,758 tests since the first confirmed case was announced in the country, even as it also recorded two COVID-19 related deaths in the last 24 hours.
It said that the 150 new cases were reported from nine states of the federation, with the total number of infected people in the country sitting at 62,521.
The centre also announced that it has successfully treated and discharged 154 patients from its isolation centres across the country after they tested negative to the virus.
“Our discharges today include 66 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with new case management guidelines.
“A breakdown of cases by state can be found via covid19.ncdc.gov.ng,” it said.
According to the agency, within the last 24 hours, Lagos, the country’s epicentre of the virus, recorded 89 new cases, while Rivers, Ogun, Bayelsa and Kaduna reported 19, 11, 9 and 8 cases respectively.
Among other states with new infections were Plateau with 8 infections, Taraba with 3, Osun 2 and Delta 1.
“Until date, 62,521 cases have been confirmed, 58,249 patients discharged and 1,141 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),” it stated.
The public health agency said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The NCDC implored Nigerians to adhere to the COVID-19 prevention measures, warning that failure to do so would mean putting individuals and people around them at risk of getting infected with the virus.
“When you take responsibility to limit the spread of the virus, you protect the vulnerable as well.
“The fight against COVID-19 requires our collective effort,” it advised.
It stated that cloth masks protect an individual if they were properly worn, cared for and handled with clean hands.
(NAN)