By Grace Audu –
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday reported 21 new COVID-19 infections across five states of the federation.
NCDC announced this in its daily COVID-19 report, on Tuesday morning.
According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the 21 more cases reported on Monday represent a drop from the 110 instances reported the day before.
The extra 21 cases increase the overall number of confirmed infections in the country to 214,113, according to the NCDC.
Lagos had six, Cross River had five, Rivers had five, and Abia had three, according to the report.
Bauchi and Kaduna, on the other hand, each had one case.
The NCDC noted that since the outbreak of the virus on Feb. 27, 2020, a total of 2,976 persons had lost their lives, while 207,292 recovered and were discharged.
The Nigerian public health institute said a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 2, continued to coordinate the national response activities.
The agency added that a total of 3,479,682 blood samples had been tested since the pandemic began across the country.