Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has confimed that the country has now recorded 576 new cases of Covid-19.
This information was disclosed through the NCDC website on Sunday.
According to the information, Nigeria has recorded no fewer than 1,302 deaths of Coronavirus pandemic , while 952,975 cases have been recorded since the first outbreak of the disease.
The analysis showed the total number of infections in the country has risen to 89,163 while active cases are 13,072.
Further analysis indicated that Lagos state has the highest number of confirmed cases with a total number of 31,107 while FCT has 11,861, followed by Kaduna 5,328; Plateau 4,905, and Oyo state 3,994 cases.
Over 74,000 patients had been discharged from various isolation centers in the country according to the NCDC.
NCDC said, “On the 2nd of January 2021, 576 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
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“Till date, 89, 163 cases have been confirmed, 74, 789 cases have been discharged and 1302 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 576 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (277), FCT (90), Oyo (51), Nasarawa (49), Sokoto (23), Anambra (14), Bauchi (11), Imo (11), Kano (11), Edo (10), Plateau (10), Ogun (9), Osun (5), Jigawa (3), and Rivers (2).
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”