By Grace Audu –
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 infection, increasing the country’s total to 212,765.
According to the Nigerian News Agency (NAN), the 52 new cases represent a 34 percent decline from the 86 cases reported on Sunday.
Cross River State (13 cases), Lagos State (12 cases), Enugu State (eight cases), and Plateau State (six cases) were among the 52 new cases confirmed (seven cases).
Rivers (five cases), the Federal Capital Territory (three cases), Bauchi (two cases), and the states of Abia and Kano are among the others (one case each).
NCDC also noted that there was no new death on Monday leaving the mortality tally at 2,906.
It added that 204,261 COVID-19 patients had recovered and had been discharged from hospitals across the country.
The centre said that Nigeria currently has 5,598 active COVID-19 cases, while a total of 3,392,457 blood samples had been tested since the pandemic began in 2020.
