Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Nigeria in February 2020, the country’s confirmed cases have peaked 142,578, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has chronicled.
This is as the country recorded 1,131 new cases and eight deaths on Wednesday.
NCDC tweeted on Wednesday ”On the 10th of February 2021, 1131 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
According to the public health agency, ”The 1131 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos (297), FCT (194), Kaduna (83), Kano (59), Oyo (58), Taraba (53), Imo (52), Osun (47), Plateau (45).
Others are Edo (43), Akwa Ibom (42), Rivers (42), Ogun (29), Kwara (24), Benue (21), Nasarawa (16), Ekiti (7), Bauchi (6), Delta (6), Bayelsa (4), Sokoto (2), and Gombe (1).
”Till date, 142578 cases have been confirmed, 116947 cases have been discharged and 1702 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 773 community recoveries in Lagos State and 66 community recoveries in Imo State managed in line with guidelines,’’ it tweeted.
