The country’s curve of new cases stayed above the 1,000 mark on Friday, as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported over 1,600 fresh samples confirmed positive for the coronavirus.
A total of 1,624 cases were recorded across 22 states and the federal capital territory (FCT) in the agency’s update for February 5, 2021.
With the latest figure, 8,980 new infections have been confirmed within the past seven days, while over 40,000 fresh cases have been recorded within the last four weeks.
Lagos topped the list of states with positive samples on Friday with 535 new cases, followed by Plateau with 183, while Osun came next with 98 fresh infections.
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Bayelsa and Zamfara had the least figure of new cases with seven and six positive samples, respectively.
On Friday, nine new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria to 1,641.
Lagos currently has the highest record with 335 fatalities, while Edo with 144, and FCT with 127 come next on the list of states with the most coronavirus-related deaths.
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Meanwhile, the NCDC noted that 1,190 new recoveries were recorded, which included 831 community recoveries in Lagos, and 85 in Kaduna “managed in line with guidelines”.
The total number of discharged patients now stands at 111,639.
A total of 137,654 samples have been confirmed positive across the 36 states including the FCT, out of which 24,374 are currently active cases.
1,624 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
AdvertisementLagos-535
Plateau-183
Osun-98
Akwa Ibom-85
FCT-83
Ondo-77
Nasarawa-72
Edo-69
Oyo-63
Rivers-52
Taraba-48
Ogun-44
Borno-31
Kwara-31
Ekiti-30
Benue-25
Kano-21
Niger-21
Kaduna-18
Abia-15
Delta-10
Bayelsa-7
Zamfara-6 pic.twitter.com/xVzBet2jOB— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 5, 2021
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