COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 8 Deaths, 1,131 New Infections

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NCDC hosts FCTA officials

BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday confirmed eight deaths and 1,131 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

With the latest development, Nigeria’s COVID-19 total fatality has now risen to 1,702 deaths, just as the tally of infections nationwide is currently put at 142,578 cases.

The NCDC also disclosed on its official Twitter handle that; “Our discharges today include 773 community recoveries in Lagos State and 66 community recoveries in Imo State managed in line with guidelines.”

The disease outfit wrote on its website that; “On the 10th of February 2021, 1131 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria

“Till date, 142,578 cases have been confirmed, 116,947 cases have been discharged and 1,702 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)”

It explained that among the 1,131 new cases reported from 22 states of the federation, Lagos came up with (297) cases, FCT – (194), Kaduna – (83), Kano – (59), Oyo – (58), Taraba – (53), Imo – (52), and Osun – (47).

Others are: Plateau – (45), Edo – (43), Akwa Ibom – (42), Rivers – (42), Ogun – (29), Kwara – (24), Benue – (21), Nasarawa – (16), Ekiti – (7), Bauchi – (6), Delta – (6), Bayelsa – (4), Sokoto – (2), and Gombe – (1)

On its ongoing engagements with sub-national governments, the NCDC Director General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu and his team played host to officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration in Abuja.

Ihekweazu tweeted thus; “DG @Chikwe_I received a team from @OfficialFCTA, led by the Acting Secretary of Health & Human Services, Dr. Mohammed Kawu on a courtesy visit to the NCDC HQ.

“We remain committed to providing necessary support to all States to strengthen health security. #StrongerTogether”

COVID-19 NIGERIA

Samples Tested

1,398,630

Confirmed Cases

142,578

Active Cases

23,929

Discharged Cases

116,947

Death

1,702

Confirmed Cases By State

States AffectedNo. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)No. of Cases (on admission)No. DischargedNo. of Deaths
Lagos52,2824,68647,244352
FCT18,1686,45011,584134
Plateau8,4753208,09956
Kaduna7,9422687,61757
Oyo6,0741,8094,17293
Rivers5,9035895,22886
Edo4,1287833,197148
Ogun3,6153873,18246
Kano3,4144162,90395
Ondo2,5634282,08055
Delta2,4396431,74452
Kwara2,2826141,62543
Nasarawa2,0211,63537313
Osun1,9724971,43441
Katsina1,919211,87127
Gombe1,8731281,70342
Enugu1,8292971,51121
Ebonyi1,6152481,33730
Abia1,3381131,21213
Imo1,2721881,06519
Anambra1,27191833419
Akwa Ibom1,22362358614
Bauchi1,176-191,17817
Borno1,10621985037
Benue95938855021
Niger86243141714
Sokoto7631871926
Adamawa72543526228
Bayelsa7104264325
Ekiti6561095389
Taraba54912940515
Jigawa4865941611
Kebbi276625713
Yobe250292138
Cross River2221020012
Zamfara215121958
Kogi5032

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