The statistics from the Nigeria Centre for
Disease Control (NCDC) brought the confirmed number of cases in the country to 241,513
with 3,030 COVID-linked deaths since the pandemic started.
As many as 512 patients were reported to have
recovered from COVID-19 infection over the last 24 hours, the health officials
said today. The fresh recoveries took the tally of discharges in the country to
214,003.
An increase of 614 cases has been recorded in
the active Covid-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. Total active cases now 24,480.
According to the update released by NCDC, River
state, the third most affected by COVID-19 in Nigeria lead the chart on Thursday, with 420 new infections.
Followed by Lagos state, the epicentre of coronavirus
in Nigeria registered 324 new cases on Thursday. Which includes a backlog of
confirmed cases on 17th to 29th (321) and 30th (99) December 2021
Others with new cases reported on Thursday includes
Oyo-81, Gombe-47, Akwa Ibom-41, Kaduna-36, Niger-36, Ondo-35, FCT-29, Delta-18,
Edo-15, Ogun-14, Kano-12, Cross River-9, Ekiti-8, Kebbi-8, Nasarawa-4, Enugu-1,
Jigawa-1.
NCDC added that 3 states, Osun, Plateau, and Sokoto reported zero cases
on Thursday.
Thursday’s report includes: 41 cases reported in
Akwa Ibom state on 27th (12), 28th (15), and 29th (14) December 2021.
Also 9 cases reported in Cross River state are
for 29th (8) and 30th (1) December 2021.
