Coronavirus in Nigeria update: Total number of cases in Nigeria hit 150,000

Nigeria has recorded an additional 877 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 Thursday, 18 February 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 150,246 confirmed. The centre also stated that 126,417 COVID-19 patients have recovered and have been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,803 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Thursday night, 18 February is 22,026

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “877 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-273
Kaduna-87
Rivers-58
Akwa Ibom-47
Ebonyi-47
Edo-46
Ogun-46
Abia-34
Imo-34
Kano-34
Oyo-26
Osun-22
Gombe-20
Ekiti-19
Cross River-15
FCT-15
Plateau-11
Enugu-9
Kebbi-8
Borno-7
Niger-6
Bayelsa-5
Nasarawa-4
Kwara-2
Katsina-1
Sokoto-1″

877 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-273
Kaduna-87
Rivers-58
Akwa Ibom-47
Ebonyi-47
Edo-46
Ogun-46
Abia-34
Imo-34
Kano-34
Oyo-26
Osun-22
Gombe-20
Ekiti-19
Cross River-15
FCT-15
Plateau-11
Enugu-9
Kebbi-8
Borno-7
Niger-6
Bayelsa-5
Nasarawa-4
Kwara-2
Katsina-1
Sokoto-1 pic.twitter.com/XD6pkT8F2H

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 19, 2021

Our discharges today include 275 community recoveries in Lagos State and 91 community recoveries in Kwara State managed in line with guidelines.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/3mZWnJ7mMR

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 19, 2021