Agency report
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 44 new COVID-19 cases with Lagos State, leading the national daily infection chart.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official website on Thursday morning.
The public health agency said that Lagos State topped the infection chart with 32 out of the 44 infections recorded in the country.
It noted that apart from Lagos State, two other states and the FCT contributed to the country’s total tally on Wednesday.
“Rivers reported eight new cases, while FCT and Plateau recorded two cases each,” the NCDC said.
NCDC said COVID-19 related death was recorded in the country on Wednesday, as the country’s total fatality toll stood at 2,118.
The 44 new infections raised the total number of cases in the country to 167,375, it said, adding that out of the over 167,000 cases in the country, 163,917 have been discharged, and about 1,599 cases still active.
The NCDC said that the country had so far tested a total of 2,266,591 samples from its over 200 million people.
The agency said that a multi-sectorial national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, had continued to coordinate the national response activities.
(NAN)