Following the confirmation of 362 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, the coronavirus infections toll rose to 191,345.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on
its verified Facebook page on Sunday.
NCDC also said that the death toll from the pandemic now
stand at 2,454, after having registered 93 new deaths over the past 24 hours,
which include a backlog of deaths reported for Lagos State.
While a total number of 178,283 coronavirus patients have recovered and discharged in the country, including 236 recoveries recorded on Sunday, as active case increased from 10,575 to 10,608 from the previous day
The health officials said that the 362 new cases were
reported in 14 states and the FCT.
The breakdown as follows Lagos-200, Oyo-33, Kwara-30, Akwa
Ibom-24, Ogun-17, Delta-15, Ekiti-15, Plateau-7, Rivers-7, FCT-5, Anambra-3, Edo-3,
Bayelsa-1, Kaduna-1 and Kano-1.
Today’s report includes a backlog of cases reported for Delta
State from 26th (2), 27th (4), and 28th (9) August 2021 according to the health
officials.
NCDC added that four states -Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, and
Sokoto reported zero case.
