Nigeria Totals 155,076 COVID-19 Cases In One Year

600 new COVID-19 cases in the country, on Friday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has announced. The 600 new cases brought the total number of cases recorded in Nigeria since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived one year ago to 155,076.

Out of the 155,076 COVID-19 cases, 132,544 cases have been discharged after successful treatment and 1,902 deaths have sadly been recorded in 36 states and the FCT.

So far， the country has tested 1,489,103 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced exactly a year ago.

It will be recalled that the country recorded its first COVID-19 case, an imported case from Italy on Feb. 27, 2021 through an Italian man who travelled to Lagos state, the country’s largest city and one of the continent’s biggest metropolises.

The NCDC disclosed these on its official Twitter handle on Friday.

The agency also registered 11 COVID-19 deaths, raising the total number of fatality in the country to 1,902

NCDC stated that the new infections were registered across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory （FCT）, in the past 24 hours.

It stated that the 600 new cases were reported from 21 states with Lagos, 169; Taraba, 92; and Ogun 65 leading with highest number of cases, bringing the COVID-19 cases in one year in Nigeria to 155,076.

According to the centre， a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities in the country.

The NCDC said its discharge for Friday included 204 community recoveries in Lagos state, 124 in Kwara state, 121 in Osun state， and 73 in Rivers state managed in line with its guidelines.

The health agency also said that it added data registered from Taraba State over the past two days.

While it affirmed that 155,076 COVID-19 cases in one year, the NCDC said that the number of active COVID-19 cases in the country  currently stood at 20,608 following the treatment of 132,544 cases and death of 1,902 persons. .

Nigeria registered its first death  from COVID-19 on March 23, 2021 – the case of a 67-year male who returned home following medical treatment in the United Kingdom.

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