Of the 20 Nigerian states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos State, Monday, recorded 654 new COVID-19 infections.
This is as Nigeria got 1,195 reported cases with seven deaths in 24 hours.
Federal Capital Territory trailed Lagos with 200 while Plateau State got 60 cases, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Akwa Ibom wrapped up with 12 for the day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 449 in the state.
NCDC tweeted “On the 4th of January 2021, 1204 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“The 1195 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos (654), FCT (200), Plateau (60), Kaduna (54), Kano (40), Rivers (30), Edo (28), Nasarawa (25), Kebbi (19), Bauchi (18), Oyo (13), Akwa Ibom (12), Bayelsa (11), Ogun (11), Delta (9), Abia (8), Benue(5), Imo (3), Borno (2), Sokoto (1) and Osun (1).”
On the caseloads of the pandemic, it stated “Till date, 91,351 cases have been confirmed, 75,699 cases have been discharged and 1,318 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.”
In the meantime, NCDC noted “Our discharges today include 218 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines.”
