Another Lockdown Hits Nigeria As NCDC Confirms 357 Fresh COVID-19 Cases

Information reaching VAM News says that Another Lockdown Hits Nigeria As NCDC Confirms 357 Fresh COVID-19 Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 357 new cases of COVID-19 amid the wave of fresh infections resurging in parts of the country.

The NSCDC disclosed this on Tuesday in its official twitter handle.

In the tweet, NSCDC explained that the fresh infections were confirmed between July 9 and 11.

These cases, it stated, were reported in five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Lagos State had the highest number of infections – 292 and was followed by Yobe – 25, Rivers – 20, FCT – 11, Kano – seven, and Delta – two.

According to the NCDC, four states comprising Abia, Kaduna, Plateau, and Sokoto recorded zero cases within the period.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 258,874 since the first COVID-19 case was reported in late February 2020.

Of the confirmed cases, 250,456 people have been discharged while the number of those who died from complications related cases stands at 3,144.

The tweet read “357 new confirmed cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-292
Yobe-25
Rivers-20
FCT-11
Kano-7
Delta-2
258,874 confirmed
250,456 discharged
3,144 deaths.

“This report includes:
Data for 9th – 11th July 2022

4 States with zero cases reported: Abia, Kaduna, Plateau and Sokoto.

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