Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported two COVID-19-related deaths, on Thursday, increasing the total number of deaths across the country to 2,742.
On Friday morning, the NCDC announced it on its verified website.
In addition, 290 more infections were documented in 14 states and the FCT, according to the center.
According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the 290 new cases announced on Thursday represent a decrease from the 297 instances reported on Tuesday.
The FCT was top on the log with 127 cases, followed by Lagos, the epicenter of the disease, with 45 cases, and Kaduna in the north-west with 28 cases, according to the NCDC.
While South-southern states of Delta, Rivers, Edo and Akwa Ibom States recorded 18 cases, 10 cases, three cases and one case respectively, North-Central states of Kwara, Plateau and Nasarawa recorded 17 cases, 13 cases and four cases respectively.
It added that Zamfara in the North-West recorded 10 cases; Imo in the South-East recorded six cases while Ekiti, Ondo and Oyo States in the South-West recorded five cases , three cases and one case respectively.
The NCDC also noted that Sokoto reported that it recorded no fresh case.
The agency added that the additional confirmed infections brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 207,210.
It further added that 194,796 patients have been discharged, while 9,629 patients were the country’s active cases.
The agency also noted that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre, activated at Level II, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The NCDC said that 3,043,321 million people have been tested from the nation’s roughly 200 million population have been tested.
It advised Nigerians to take prevention measures seriously because all the four COVID-19 variants of concern were circulating in Africa.
“To stop the spread: washing hands, wearing a mask, avoid crowded places, keep a safe distance and keep space well ventilated,” it advised.
(NAN)