COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 766 new cases

Nigeria has confirmed 766 new cases of the deadly coronavirus also known as COVID-19.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC confirmed the cases on Sunday morning via its official Facebook page.

 
The NCDC noted that the 766 new cases were recorded from 13 States “Lagos-261, Anambra-208, Rivers-159, Kaduna-42, Gombe-25, FCT-20, Osun-19, Oyo-14, Bauchi-5, Kano-5, Ekiti-4, Ebonyi-2, Ogun-2”
“Today’s report includes: 208 confirmed cases reported for Anambra state is for 6th (3) January 2022 with 205 backlogs for 5th (1) & 27th (1) November 2021, and 8th (1), 9th (1), 13th (2), 14th (5), 15th (21), 16th (9), 17th (6), 18th (14), 19th (18), 22nd (27), 23rd (18), 24th (27), 25th (1), 26th (22), 29th (29) & 30th (2) December 2021.

42 confirmed cases reported for Kaduna state is for 7th (35) & 8th (7) January 2022.

210 Discharged cases reported for Kaduna state is for 7th (95) & 8th (115) January 2022.

27 Discharged cases reported for Anambra state is for 6th January 2022.

0 cases reported from Nasarawa, Ondo, Plateau and Sokoto State,” NCDC stated.

These latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases to 247,775 with 218,427 discharged and 3,071 deaths.

 
COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 766 new cases