The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced that the country has recorded 670 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 244,120.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Facebook handle.
“670 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-277, Kaduna-199, FCT-120, Kwara-20, Abia-14, Rivers-11, Gombe-9, Katsina-9, Bauchi-6, Edo-3, Cross River-2.
“244,120 confirmed, 216,180 discharged, 3,045 deaths.
“Today’s report includes:
▪️199 confirmed cases reported for Kaduna state is for 01st (4), 2nd (5) & 3rd (10) January 2022 with additional 180 cases for 20th (65), 22nd (70) & 23rd (45) December 2021
▪️120 confirmed cases reported for FCT is for 2nd (109), 3rd (11) January 2022.
14 confirmed cases reported for Abia is for 2nd January 2022.
▪️175 Discharged cases reported for Kaduna state is for 1st (45), 2nd (60) & 3rd (70) January 2022.
▪️52 Discharged cases reported for Abia state is for 2nd January 2022.
▪️163 Discharged cases reported for FCT is for 2nd (4) & 3rd (159) January 2022 with 150 community discharges.
4 Death cases reported for FCT is for 2nd (3) & 3rd (1) January 2022.
▪️ 0 cases reported from Plateau and Sokoto State.”
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