By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja –
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 165 new infections and 26 additional deaths from COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday.
The NCDC in an update via its website on Monday morning, said the 165 additional cases indicate an increase from the 159 cases posted previously in the country.
The Public Health Agency noted that the country’s fatality toll from the virus now stands at 2,882.
The NCDC added that the latest figure of confirmed cases has also increased the country’s infection toll to 210,460, stating that the active cases are 9,248, with 202,379 cases discharged across the country.
According to it, the 165 new cases were reported from Lagos-77, the FCT-43, Rivers-22, Oyo-10, Osun-6, Bayelsa-2Edo-2, Kaduna, Kano and Ogun one each.
The latest report includes: 77 additional cases reported from Lagos state for Oct. 21st (21), 22nd (33), and 23rd (23), 2021.
It said that the 3,969 discharges reported from Lagos state include community discharge, 23 deaths reported from Lagos state for Oct. 18th (4), 19th (4), 21st (14), 23rd (1) , 2021
The NCDC said 43 cases and 3 deaths reported from the FCT are for Oct. 23, 2021. Zero cases reported from Taraba and Sokoto States.
The Public Health Agency said that over 3,207,523 million samples of the virus from the nation’s roughly 200 million population had been tested.
It added that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.