The public health officials
added that the country recorded no new death from the virus, which had claimed over
2,700 lives in the country.
According to the
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC's online COVID-19 dashboard, there have
been 206,623 cumulative COVID-19 cases
in Nigeria. Of those, 194,475 people have recovered and 2,731 have died due to
COVID-19.
Total active cases of
infection in the country now stands at 9,355.
NCDC noted that the
additional cases were from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory,
with Abuja (FCT) reporting 79 cases, the highest number of infections for the day, followed
by Lagos, Rivers and Kaduna with 62, 45 and 33 respectively.
Others are Plateau-22,
Edo-16, Benue-13, Kano-12, Cross River-11, Delta-11, Anambra-9, Abia-8, Jigawa-7,
Bauchi-4, Ekiti-4, Kwara-4, Oyo-2, Akwa Ibom-1 and Nasarawa-1.
While Nasarawa, Ondo, Osun and Sokoto reported zero cases.
NCDC added that the report includes Eight cases reported from Benue state from September 21st (1), 22nd (4), 24th (2) and 25th (1) 2021 and 1 death reported from Benue state for October 2nd (1) 2021.
One case reported from Nasarawa for October 4th 2021.
Four cases reported from Kwara state for October 4th 2021.
Thirty-three cases reported from Kaduna state for October 4th (16) & 5th (17) 2021.
Forty discharged cases reported from Plateau state for October 4th (39) & 5th (1) 2021.
