The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in an update
on its official website on Monday noted that the the country’s total infection
figure has risen to 195,890.
A total of 184,882 coronavirus cases are considered
resolved, which is up by 353 on Monday.
The death toll in the country has risen to 2,556 as four
more deaths were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Total active cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria slightly increased
to 8,452 from 8,429 it was the previous
day.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC labs completed about
104,309 COVID-19 tests since last week Monday. A total of 2,884,034 COVID-19
tests have been processed since the start of the pandemic.
According to the health officials, the new infections were
recorded across 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
A breakdown of the NCDC update shows that Lagos state reported
138 cases, River came second with 44
cases and FCT in third place with 26 cases.
While Ekiti, Oyo and Akwa-Ibom states reported 23, 22 and 18
cases respectively.
Others states with new infections are Adamawa-17, Delta-17, Anambra-15,
Edo-14, Ogun-13, Bayelsa-8, Niger-7, Kwara-6, Gombe-5, Plateau-4, Kaduna-1 and Kano-1.
NCDC noted that today's report includes 3 deaths and 6 discharges from Lagos on 5th September 2021
Also stated that zero cases were recorded from Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun, and Sokoto states.
