COVID-19: Nigeria records 859 new cases, two deaths on Monday
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, stated that the country has recorded Eight-hundred-and-fifty-nine new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, making the figures of infection’s tally to 238,420 and the death toll to 3,024.
It said that the country also lost two persons to the virus on the same day, adding that the two deaths were recorded in the FCT, taking the death toll at Nigeria’s capital city to 234.
It was gathered that in Monday’s 859 infections, Lagos State took the lead with 555 victims up from the 401 infections it recorded on Sunday.
The FCT recorded 57 cases while Plateau recorded 26 cases on Monday.
Edo recorded 41 infections; Ondo State recorded 34 infections; Kwara recorded 23 infections; Kano State recorded 18, Ogun State recorded 16 infections while Enugu State recorded 11.
Oyo State recorded six infections; Delta recorded five; while Bauchi State and Bayelsa recorded three cases each.
The NCDC stated that the number of active cases in the country had increased to 22,586 as of Monday and that 212,770 victims had been treated and discharged from hospitals.
It further said that Nigeria had tested 3,823,309 samples since the virus was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.
NAN
