Nigeria, on Thursday, logged 1,139 additional COVID-19 infections as total number of cases reached 241,513 in the 36 states and the FCT.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, on Friday morning, via its website, said that the new cases were reported in 18 states and the FCT.
It stated that one death was recorded in Lagos State, increasing the death toll in the state to 761, from 760.
The agency added that the country’s death toll also rose to 3,033.
However, the daily COVID-19 case chart read, “Rivers (420), Lagos (324), Oyo (81), Gombe (47), Akwa Ibom (41), Kaduna (36), Niger (36), Ondo (35), FCT (29), Delta (18), Edo (15), Ogun (14), Kano (12), Cross River (9), Ekiti (8), Kebbi (8), Nasarawa (4), Enugu and Jigawa reported one case each respectively, it said.
The Nigerian health agency noted that the report included 41 cases reported for Akwa Ibom State for December 27 (12); 28 (15); and 29 (14).
It said that the reports included nine cases for Cross River State for December 29 and 30 (1).
The NCDC added that there was a backlog of confirmed cases from Lagos State from December 17 to 29 (321) and 30 (99).
It added that Osun, Plateau and Sokoto states reported zero cases, adding that 512 persons were discharged on Thursday, raising the figure of recoveries in the country to 214,003.
The NCDC said that as of Thursday, the number of active cases in the country increased to 24,480, from 23,866 on Wednesday.
The agency said that 3,823,309 people had been tested for the virus.
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