Sixteen Nigerian states including Federal Capital Territory, Sunday, recorded 917 COVID-19 infections and nine deaths.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control tweeted on January 3, “On the 3rd of January 2021, 917 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“The 917 new cases are reported from 17 states- FCT (222), Lagos (214), Kaduna (119), Plateau (92), Nasarawa (50), Oyo (41), Adamawa (33), Ondo (32), Abia (28), Ogun (19), Rivers (17), Kano (16), Yobe (14), Edo (8), Anambra (6), Ekiti (5) and Jigawa (1).”
According to the health agency, “Till date, 90,080 cases have been confirmed, 75,044 cases have been discharged and 1,311 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC) activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.”
Meanwhile, NCDC has confirmed that “Our discharges today includes 59 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.”
Also, Nigeria’s Ministry of Health has tweeted “Mental health is an integral aspect of health that needs to be protected during the #COVID-19 pandemic:
Get adequate rest & sleep
Exercise your body
Eat healthy.”