The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 112 new infections of the Coronavirus (COVID-19 in the country.
This was made known on their verified Twitter handle on Saturday.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), so far, Nigeria has tested 705,809 people since the first confirmed COVID-19 case was reported on Feb. 27 this year.
The NCDC said that with the 112 new infections recorded in 14 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FC T) the total number of confirmed cases now is 64,996.
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According to the center, of the 112 new cases, FCT and Oyo State had 27 each, then Bayelsa and Rivers had nine infections each, and Delta with seven recorded infections.
Edo, Kaduna, and Ogun have five recorded infections each; Anambra, Katsina, Ondo, Osun, and Plateau reported three each; Niger two and Kano had one.
NCDC however stated that 93 coronavirus patients who were treated in some of the isolation centers were discharged in the past 24 hours.
It also said since the first coronavirus recorded case in Nigeria, 61,029 of the 64,996 confirmed coronavirus patients have been treated and discharged in isolation centers while 1,163 patients had died due to the disease nationwide.
The center said that it had activated a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre at Level III to coordinate the national response activities in the country.
