Nigeria’s COVID-19 new cases have surged to 1,585 with eight deaths within 24 hours.
Of the number recorded in 25 states including Federal Capital Territory, Lagos State is still the epicenter with 573, followed by FCT with 182 and Plateau with 162 cases.
This is as Akwa Ibom got 36 cases on Saturday, the highest ever since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country.
So far, the state has recorded a total of 512 confirmed infections, according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
NCDC tweeted on Saturday ‘’On the 9th of January 2021, 1,585 new cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
‘’The 1585 new cases are reported from 26 states- Lagos (573), FCT (182), Plateau (162), Gombe (81), Oyo (75), Rivers (68), Sokoto (58), Ondo (55), Ogun (42), Nasarawa (40), Akwa Ibom (36), Edo (31), Kaduna (27), Anambra (22), Delta (19), Kano (17), Osun (17), Ebonyi (16), Katsina (14), Niger (14), Bayelsa (9), EKiti (8), Borno (7), Jigawa (5), Abia (4), and Bauchi (3).’’
According to the health agency, ‘’Till date, 99063 cases have been confirmed, 79417 cases have been discharged and 1350 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.’’
‘’Our discharges today include 419 community recoveries in Lagos State, 123 community recoveries in Gombe State and 117 community recoveries in Plateau State managed in line with guidelines,’’ it added.
