Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 506 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 506 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on Monday, 8 February 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 139,748 confirmed. The centre also stated that 113,525 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,667 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Monday night, 8 February is 24, 556

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “506 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Ondo-90
Kwara-89
Rivers-53
Borno-45
Gombe-32
FCT-28
Imo-26
Ogun-25
Lagos-22
Kaduna-14
Kano-14
Edo-13
Osun-11
Cross River-10
Yobe-9
Ekiti-7
Kebbi-6
Nasarawa-6
Oyo-5
Jigawa-1

139,748 confirmed
113,525 discharged
1,667 deaths”

506 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Ondo-90
Kwara-89
Rivers-53
Borno-45
Gombe-32
FCT-28
Imo-26
Ogun-25
Lagos-22
Kaduna-14
Kano-14
Edo-13
Osun-11
Cross River-10
Yobe-9
Ekiti-7
Kebbi-6
Nasarawa-6
Oyo-5
Jigawa-1

139,748 confirmed
113,525 discharged
1,667 deaths pic.twitter.com/1AnT9MF84P

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 7, 2021

Our discharges today include 360 community recoveries in Lagos State, 138 in Osun State, 121 in Plateau State, 89 in Imo State and 38 in Kano State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/PGTLbCtJ6X

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 7, 2021

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