BY AGENCY REPORTER
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed that 11 patients died from COVID-19 in the country, on Friday.
The NCDC made this known via its verified website on Saturday morning, saying that the country’s fatality toll from the pandemic stood at 2,211.
The Agency added that the country logged 636 additional infections on Friday, 117 fewer than the 753 cases recorded on Thursday.
With this, COVID-19 cumulative figure now stands at 181,297.
According to the NCDC, the additional 636 infections were confirmed in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Lagos State, the epicentre of the COVID-19 in Nigeria, recorded the highest share on Friday with 291 cases, followed by Rivers with 117 cases.
Taraba State registered 58; Akwa Ibom 54; Kwara 28; Ekiti and Ogun recorded 14 infections.
The FCT recorded 13 new cases; Oyo State 11; Edo 9; Osun 6; Bayelsa 5; Delta and Gombe 4 each; Abia and Plateau 3 each and Sokoto State 1.
The Agency pointed out that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level 2, was coordinating the national response activities.
The NCDC said that since the outbreak of the pandemic in Nigeria in February 2020, it had tested more than 2,589,130, samples for the disease.
It noted that 12,366 cases were still active in the country with many being managed at accredited isolation centres while others were being managed at home.
In addition, it disclosed that a total of 149 patients recovered from the disease and were discharged from isolation centres on Friday.
The NCDC put the total recoveries nationwide since the onset of the pandemic at 166,709.
