Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 917 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 917 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 Sunday, January 3.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 90,080 confirmed. The centre also stated that 75,044 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,311 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigerians as of the night of Sunday, 3rd of January was 13,725

Taking to it’s social media page, NCDC tweets: “917 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-222
Lagos-214
Kaduna-119
Plateau-92
Nasarawa-50
Oyo-41
Adamawa-33
Ondo-32
Abia-28
Ogun-19
Rivers-17
Kano-16
Yobe-14
Edo-8
Anambra-6
Ekiti-5
Jigawa-1

90,080 confirmed
75,044 discharged
1,311 deaths”

917 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-222
Lagos-214
Kaduna-119
Plateau-92
Nasarawa-50
Oyo-41
Adamawa-33
Ondo-32
Abia-28
Ogun-19
Rivers-17
Kano-16
Yobe-14
Edo-8
Anambra-6
Ekiti-5
Jigawa-1

90,080 confirmed
75,044 discharged
1,311 deaths pic.twitter.com/7MmPvBIwNL

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 3, 2021

Our discharges today includes 59 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/wX8Mj707VH

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 3, 2021