COVID-19: Nigeria crosses 150,000 cases but with 22,000 active infections

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Nigeria on Thursday crossed the 150,000 coronavirus cases mark after recording 877 fresh infections.

The country, though, has only about 22,000 active cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which disclosed this on its Twitter handle, said the new COVID-19 cases were recorded in 25 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

It added that the number of COVID-19 fatalities in Nigeria stood at 1,803 as of Monday night.

Also, the total number of confirmed cases increased to 150,246.

However, Nigeria has recorded 126,417 recoveries since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country last year.

The breakdown of the figure on a state-by-state basis revealed the following: Lagos (273), Kaduna (87), Rivers (58), Akwa Ibom (47), Ebonyi (47), Edo (46), Ogun (46), Imo (34), Abia (34), Kano (34), Oyo (26), Osun (22), Gombe (20), Ekiti (19), Cross River (15), and FCT (15).

Others are – Plateau (11), Enugu (9), Kebbi (8), Borno (7), Niger (6), Bayelsa (5), Nasarawa (4), Kwara (2), Katsina (1), and Sokoto (1).

“Total confirmed COVID-19 cases: 150,246.

“Discharged: 126,417 AND Deaths: 1,803.”

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