Agency report
365Daily – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 12 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 168,552 as of July 11.
The NCDC disclosed this on its website handle on Monday morning, July 12, 2021.
It disclosed that the 12 additional coronavirus infections and two additional COVID-19 related death were reported in three states.
“Akwa Ibom-6, Ogun-4 and Rivers-2. Today’s report includes zero cases reported from Ekiti, FCT, Imo, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Oyo, Plateau, and Sokoto States,” it stated.
NCDC further disclosed that eight people who have recovered from the disease have been discharged from isolation centres across the country.
The agency said to date, a total of 164, 439 cases have been discharged and 2,124 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
On active cases, it stated that it stood at 1,989.
The public health agency further disclosed that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
A total of 2,331,734 samples from over 200 million people have been tested in Nigeria, NCDC added.
(NAN)