Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 864 new cases confirmed

Nigeria has recorded an additional 864 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, 28 January 2021.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 127,024 confirmed. The centre also stated that 100,853 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 1,547 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria as of Thursday night, 28 January is 24,624

Taking to it’s Twitter page, NCDC tweets: “864 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-129
Anambra-87
Rivers-82
Benue-80
Oyo-76
Plateau-61
Kaduna-54
Delta-51
Nasarawa-38
Kwara-36
Edo-32
Katsina-26
Kano-24
Taraba-18
Ogun-14
Sokoto-11
Gombe-10
Jigawa-7
Akwa Ibom-6
Cross River-6
Zamfara-5
Bauchi-5
Osun-4
Ekiti-2″

864 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-129
Anambra-87
Rivers-82
Benue-80
Oyo-76
Plateau-61
Kaduna-54
Delta-51
Nasarawa-38
Kwara-36
Edo-32
Katsina-26
Kano-24
Taraba-18
Ogun-14
Sokoto-11
Gombe-10
Jigawa-7
Akwa Ibom-6
Cross River-6
Zamfara-5
Bauchi-5
Osun-4
Ekiti-2 pic.twitter.com/IkfwhZSiO2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 28, 2021

NOTE:
-Today’s report does not include data from Lagos State

-Our discharges today include 164 community recoveries in Kaduna State & 102 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/w3YJaYCvxi

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 28, 2021