Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 1,005 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 1005 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 Friday, 12 February 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 144,521 confirmed. The centre also stated that 118,866 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,734 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Friday night, 12 February is 23,921

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “1005 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-204
Kwara-155
Oyo-124
Plateau-80
FCT-75
Edo-56
Osun-48
Ondo-41
Kaduna-40
Rivers-40
Taraba-35
Borno-32
Ekiti-21
Ogun-20
Kano-14
Bayelsa-8
Delta-7
Bauchi-3
Jigawa-2

144,521 confirmed
118,866 discharged
1,734 deaths”

1005 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-204
Kwara-155
Oyo-124
Plateau-80
FCT-75
Edo-56
Osun-48
Ondo-41
Kaduna-40
Rivers-40
Taraba-35
Borno-32
Ekiti-21
Ogun-20
Kano-14
Bayelsa-8
Delta-7
Bauchi-3
Jigawa-2

144,521 confirmed
118,866 discharged
1,734 deaths pic.twitter.com/z7HOygz837

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 12, 2021

Our discharges today include 408 community recoveries in Lagos State and 99 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/MtY9LkOLT4

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 12, 2021