NCDC Confirms 65 New COVID-19 Cases, Eight Deaths On Wednesday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said that Nigeria recorded 65 new cases of COVID-19 cases and eight COVID-19 related deaths on Wednesday.

The NCDC  made the disclosure in its daily COVID-19 report on Thursday morning .

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 65 additional cases reported on Wednesday indicate an increase from the 64 cases reported in the country the previous day.

The public health agency noted that with the new fatalities recorded, the death toll from the virus now stood at 2,914.

It also revealed that the total infection from the pandemic currently stood  at 212,894 while a total of 204,675 Nigerians had been discharged across the country.

Noting how the 65 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria were gathered, the  agency said Plateau topped the infection chart with 22  cases, FCT followed with 21, North-central and Rivers, South-south reported 12 cases each.

 Bauchi State recorded four cases, Lagos had two cases while Kaduna, Bayelsa, Edo, Jigawa reported a single case each  while the states of  Delta and Sokoto registered zero cases on Wednesday.

It noted that  a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

According to it, the country currently has 5,297  active coronavirus cases, while a total of 3,392,457 blood samples have been tested since the pandemic began across the country. (NAN)

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