The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, announced that the country has recorded 428 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 244,548.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Facebook handle.
“428 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Rivers-188, Ondo-54, FCT-42, Imo-25, Nasarawa-24, Oyo-23, Edo-18, Akwa Ibom-16, Ogun-14, Osun-10, Kano-7, Ekiti-3, Borno-2, Plateau-2.
“244,548 confirmed, 216,814 discharged, 3,053 deaths.
“Today’s report includes:
▪️25 confirmed cases reported for Imo state is for 3rd January 2022.
▪️16 confirmed cases reported for Akwa Ibom state is for 31st (9) December 2021 & 2nd (7) January 2022.
▪️7 confirmed cases reported for Kano state is for 3rd January 2022.
▪️2 confirmed cases reported for Borno state is for 3rd January 2022.
▪️231 Discharged cases reported for Imo state for 3rd January 2022 are community discharges.
▪️ 0 cases reported from Bauchi and Sokoto State.”
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