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Nigeria Records Lowest COVID-19 Daily Cases Of 2021 With 86 New Cases
86 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Nigeria on Sunday, March 21, 2021. It was the lowest number of infections reported in a single day since the advent of the second wave of the pandemic at the end of last year.
It was also the first time that Nigeria reported new daily cases in double digits having consistently reported three figures and sometimes four figures at the peak of the second wave.
The 86 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria were reported in six states and the FCT.
The highest reported incident was in the FCT 33 new infections followed by Lagos 28 and Ondo with 11 infections.
The report was as follows:
FCT-33
Lagos-28
Ondo-11
Kano-7
Akwa Ibom-3
Rivers-3
Kaduna-1
The 86 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria brought the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 161,737 cases with 147,899 cases discharged.
There was no mortality on Sunday leaving the total number of deaths from the pandemic in the country at 2,030.
Meanwhile, the Kebbi State Government has reaffirmed the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine as certified by the Federal Government.
The Commissioner for Health and Chairman Task Force on COVID-19, Alhaji Ja’afar Muhammad stated this when he led members of the Task Force to pay homage on the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Muhammadu Iliyasu-Bashar in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday.
The Chief Medical Director Sir Yahaya Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi, the Executive Secretary, Kebbi Primary Healthcare Agency and representative of World Health Organation (WHO) harped on the need for people to make themselves available for the vaccination.
Responding, Iliyasu-Bashar pledged the readiness of traditional institutions to extend necessary support to ensure total success of the exercise.
The Emir promised that the traditional institutions across the state would put machinery in motion to sensitise their subjects on the need to be vaccinated.
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