The nation confirmed 385
new cases of the novel coronavirus, which comes after case counts rose steadily
every day this past week, according to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control
NCDC daily COVID-19 updates.
Monday's daily case
count is down from the 418 infections reported on Sunday.
It deemed 2,330 more
cases of the disease to be resolved as of Monday, taking Nigeria’s number of recovered
patients up to 210,076.
Also said the discharges
include 48 recoveries reported in FCT on 12th (34) and 13th (8) Dec 2021.
Today’s report brings
the total number of lab-confirmed cases in Nigeria to 217,866, including deaths
and recoveries.
NCDC also disclosed
that a total of 3,686,403 persons have been tested for the coronavirus
infection since the disease broke out in February 2020.
Nigeria has so far
recorded 4,566 active COVID-19 cases - dropped from 6,754 it was the previous
day.
According to the nation’s
epidemiology report, of the new infections reported on Monday, 116 cases were
identified in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory, 115 in Delta, 41, Akwa Ibom and
33 in Ogun state.
Health officials also
recorded 23 cases each in Cross River and
Edo, 10 in Kaduna, 7 in Rivers, 5 cases each in Plateau, Bayelsa and Oyo and 2 in Kano.
While Bauchi, Ekiti
and Sokoto reported zero cases in past 24 hours.
NCDC notes that the 116
cases reported in FCT are for 12th (17) and 13th (97) Dec 2021.
115 cases reported in Delta
state are backlog from October (31), November (61), December 7th (4), 8th (6),
9th (5), 10th (2), and 12th (6).
41 cases reported in
Akwa Ibom state are backlog from 21st October (32), 9th (1), and 10th (8).