The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed two COVID-19 related deaths and 90 additional cases on Monday.
The NCDC made the disclosure in its daily COVID-19 report on Tuesday morning.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the 90 additional cases reported, on Monday, indicate an increase from the 74 cases reported in the country the previous day.
The public health agency noted that with the new fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus in the country stood at 2,898.
The agency stated that the total infection from the pandemic currently stands at 212,051, while a total of 203,338 Nigerians had been discharged across the country.
It added that Lagos topped the infection chart with 33 cases, out of which 22 cases were reported as a backlog for October 31.
The NCDC said that the FCT followed with 15 cases; Nasarawa in the North-Central 14 cases; while Cross River and Rivers states in the South-South reported 11 cases each.
Among others were Kano State which recorded three cases; Bayelsa two cases, and Kaduna State, one case.
The public health agency added that Delta, Edo, Plateau and Sokoto states registered zero cases on Monday.
It noted that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.
According to it, the country currently has 5,688 active coronavirus cases, while a total of 3,298,966 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country.
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