Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 676 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 676 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, 1 February 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 131,918 confirmed. The centre also stated that 106,275 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,607 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Monday night, 1 February is 24,036

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “676 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-227
Rivers-73
Niger-69
Plateau-56
FCT-50
Kano-44
Oyo-43
Ogun-27
Gombe-18
Ondo-15
Enugu-10
Osun-10
Cross River-8
Edo-8
Nasarawa-7
Bauchi-4
Kaduna-3
Ekiti-2
Zamfara-2

131,918 confirmed
106,275 discharged
1,607 deaths”

676 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-227
Rivers-73
Niger-69
Plateau-56
FCT-50
Kano-44
Oyo-43
Ogun-27
Gombe-18
Ondo-15
Enugu-10
Osun-10
Cross River-8
Edo-8
Nasarawa-7
Bauchi-4
Kaduna-3
Ekiti-2
Zamfara-2

131,918 confirmed
106,275 discharged
1,607 deaths pic.twitter.com/QmFvdhJHmA

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 1, 2021

Our discharges today include 776 community recoveries in Lagos State and 96 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/lblXrQx3W6

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 1, 2021