Giving an update on the outbreak of the
disease via its Facebook post, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC said the
new infections raised the total number to 254,659.
It said the two cases on Monday, showed
another decline from the 17 registered on Sunday.
No report from Lagos and FCT for the past 3
and 2 days respectively, NCDC said.
The health officials stated that the pandemic
has claimed 3,142 lives across the country since the outbreak in 2020. No COVID-19
related deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, making it seventh
consecutive days without fatality recorded.
NCDC disclosed that seven patients were discharged after recovering from the infection, this raised the total number of recoveries to 249,206.
Active COVID-19 cases further dropped from 2,316
it was on Sunday to 2,311 on Monday.
NCDC added that 5 states with zero cases
resported: Bayelsa, Cross River, Kano, Nasarawa, and Sokoto.
Today’s report includes:
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 7, 2022
▪️No report from Lagos and FCT for the past 3 and 2 days respectively
▪️ 5 States with zero cases resported: Bayelsa, Cross River, Kano, Nasarawa, and Sokoto pic.twitter.com/FzpK2XemVu