The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 1, 633 new cases of coronavirus in the country in a tweet on Saturday as the second wave of the virus bites harder.
The Agency also confirmed that five deaths were recorded on Saturday.
With this development, the total number of confirmed cases in the country is now 120, 602. Out of this number 95,901 people have recovered and have been discharged, while 1,502 people have died. This means that there are currently 23,933 active confirmed cases in the country.
1,633 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-498
Plateau-214
FCT-176
Rivers-99
Kaduna-98
Edo-87
Anambra-86
Akwa Ibom-50
Osun-47
Kano-40
Oyo-40
Kwara-39
Ebonyi-28
Niger-28
Taraba-28
Ogun-27
Ondo-21
Ekiti-12
Katsina-7
Borno-6
Delta-2
120,602 confirmed
95,901 discharged
1,502 deaths pic.twitter.com/UNp0NH2lzS
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 23, 2021
Meanwhile, on Friday the country recorded more than 2, 000 cases for the first time.
📢CASE UPDATE- 22nd Jan. 2021
2314 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-831
Kaduna-545
FCT-235
Plateau-127
Nasarawa-80
Oyo-72
Delta-65
Rivers-64
Kano-46
Ogun-46
Bayelsa-30
Gombe-30
Abia-28
Osun-27
Edo-25
Ondo-14
Sokoto-12
Zamfara-10
Bauchi-8
Imo-5
Jigawa-4
Ekiti-4
Borno-4
Niger-2 pic.twitter.com/X3kpdf5Xnn
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) January 23, 2021