By Olamide Francis
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 920 new infections of COVID-19 in the country, with six deaths in 24 hours.
The NCDC made the disclosure via its verified website at the weekend.
Since February, over 874,617 samples have been tested by the NCDC, out of which 77,933 turned out positive. The public health agency announced that the country had recorded six additional deaths in the past 24 hours.
The NCDC also disclosed that 300 patients had been discharged after testing negative from the virus. It said that the new infections were reported from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the past 24 hours.
The agency said that Lagos State reported 308 out of the 920 new cases. FCT 207, Kaduna 179, Plateau 46, Niger 43, Adamawa 26, Sokoto 18, and Rivers 16. Other states are Yobe 15, Enugu and Kano 13 each, Ogun 12, Delta 10, Edo 5; Osun and Oyo 3 each, Anambra 2 and Ekiti 1.
The NCDC said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre activated at Level 3 had continued to coordinate national response activities.
The agency noted that till date, 77,933 cases had been confirmed, 67,784, discharged and 1,218 deaths recorded in 36 states and the FCT.
