Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 1,138 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 1,138 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 Wednesday, 3 February 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 134,690 confirmed. The centre also stated that 108,657 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,618 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Wednesday night, 3 February is 24,415

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “1,138 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-377
FCT-172
Plateau-86
Kano-84
Edo-60
Osun-47
Nasarawa-41
Imo-40
Rivers-36
Niger-32
Oyo-32
Borno-29
Kaduna-27
Delta-18
Kwara-17
Cross River-9
Ekiti-8
Bauchi-7
Ogun-7
Sokoto-6
Bayelsa-3

134,690 confirmed
108,657 discharged
1,618 deaths”

1,138 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-377
FCT-172
Plateau-86
Kano-84
Edo-60
Osun-47
Nasarawa-41
Imo-40
Rivers-36
Niger-32
Oyo-32
Borno-29
Kaduna-27
Delta-18
Kwara-17
Cross River-9
Ekiti-8
Bauchi-7
Ogun-7
Sokoto-6
Bayelsa-3

134,690 confirmed
108,657 discharged
1,618 deaths pic.twitter.com/cfiAxKcQkF

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 3, 2021

Our discharges today include 476 community recoveries in Lagos State and 121 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/nHDfxbdkkv

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 3, 2021