27 New COVID-19 Infections Reported in Nigeria Tuesday

Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 27 additional coronavirus infections across 4 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the country’s COVID-19 cases continue to decline rapidly.

Tuesday’s updates showed that the new confirmed cases have increased the country's infection to 254,352.

The latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC on Tuesday, which indicates a decrease in the figure of newly confirmed cases, also confirmed that no death was recorded in the past 24 hours.

It added that 53 COVID-19 patients had recovered over the past 24 hours and had been discharged from various hospitals across the country.

While active cases in Nigeria dropped by 26 from 20,390, it was the previous day. Total active cases now stands  at 20,364.

NCDC noted that 3,142 people had lost their lives to the virus since its outbreak in the country on February 27, 2020, while 230,846 people have recovered and been discharged.

A breakdown of Tuesday’s report showed that Lagos, the hardest-hit state, recorded the highest number of new positive samples with 12 cases, followed by Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory reported 8 cases and Katsina, the northern state reported 5 cases.

While the northern state and the second largest city in Nigeria, Kano and Rivers, the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria reported  1 cases each.

NCDC added that two states; Sokoto and Cross River reported zero cases of the virus on Tuesday.

States with zero cases reported (2): Sokoto and Cross River

For a breakdown of cases by state visit https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/xwku6LIvgH

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 22, 2022

February 23, 2022