Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 22 new death cases recorded

Nigeria has recorded an additional 1,861 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, 27 January 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 126,160 confirmed. The centre also stated that 100,365 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. The center also reported 22 new deaths. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,544 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Wednesday night, 27 January is 24,251

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “1,861 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-773
FCT-285
Oyo-138
Rivers-111
Plateau-92
Nasarawa-83
Kaduna-59
Enugu-57
Imo-57
Edo-43
Kano-27
Kwara-20
Ebonyi-19
Abia-17
Ogun-12
Osun-12
Katsina-8
Bayelsa-6
Bauchi-5
Delta-5
Borno-4
Jigawa-4
Zamfara-1″

1,861 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-773
FCT-285
Oyo-138
Rivers-111
Plateau-92
Nasarawa-83
Kaduna-59
Enugu-57
Imo-57
Edo-43
Kano-27
Kwara-20
Ebonyi-19
Abia-17
Ogun-12
Osun-12
Katsina-8
Bayelsa-6
Bauchi-5
Delta-5
Borno-4
Jigawa-4
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/AXW9APWTyQ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 27, 2021

Our discharges today include 697 community recoveries in Lagos State, 128 in Rivers State and 116 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/zLlVfjcWHh

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 27, 2021