From Segun Amure, (The New Diplomat’s Abuja Bureau)
Nigeria recorded uptick in its death toll from Covid-19, Sunday, racking up 20 new deaths in one day, which surpassed the 6 deaths recorded the previous day.
The figure has brought the total number of deaths recorded in Nigeria to 1,667 since the outbreak of the pandemic.
This was announced on Sunday, February 7, by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on its official website.
However, the cases fell drastically to 506, as against the 1,588 cases reported, Saturday.
The 506 new cases were confirmed from 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Following the figure, 139, 748 cases have so far been confirmed; 113, 525 have been discharged and 1667 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory
Ondo State led with (90) cases of the 506 new infections. In total, Ondo has so far recorded a total number of 2506 cases, 2080 discharged and 55 deaths.
Kwara followed with (89) cases of the 506 cases, and has recorded 2158 cases since the pandemic began. 1575 have been discharged with 42 deaths.
Rivers State came third with (53) cases. This figure has brought its total number of confirmed cases to 5,759, while 4965 patients have been discharged with 86 deaths.
Notably, the following discharges were recorded in the country: 360 community recoveries in Lagos State, 138 in Osun State, 121 in Plateau State, 89 in Imo State and 38 in Kano State managed in line with the NCDC guidelines.
Specifics:
The 506 new cases are reported from 20 states- Ondo (90), Kwara (89), Rivers (53), Borno (45), Gombe (32), FCT (28), Imo (26), Ogun (25), Lagos (22), Kaduna (14), Kano (14), Edo (13), Osun (11), Cross River (10), Yobe (9), Ekiti (7), Kebbi (6), Nasarawa (6), Oyo (5), and Jigawa (1)
