The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC on Tuesday confirmed additional 1,301 new cases of the novel coronavirus and 15 more deaths in the country.
In it’s usual late-night tweet, the health agency put the total number of virus cases recorded across the country at 113,305. However, while 1,464 have succumbed to the disease, another 91,200 have been successfully treated and discharged.
The 1,301 new cases were recorded in 21 States and the federal Capital Territory FCT, with Lagos recording almost half of the cases with 551 new cases.
Other states with new cases include FCT – 209, Oyo -83, Plateau -65, Kaduna -64, Enugu- 61, Rivers -44, Ondo -39, Benue -37, Akwa Ibom -31, Kano -19, Delta -18, Gombe -18, Ogun -16, Edo -15, Kebbi -10, Ebonyi -9, Jigawa -4, Osun -3, Zamfara -3, Borno -1 and Nasarawa -1.
The NCDC says it is introducing the use of rapid antigen tests, to contribute to Nigeria’s overall #COVID19 testing capacity & reduce turn around time for results.
As Nigeria is expected to take delivery of 100,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine by the end of January, the Federal Government has assured that the country has the capacity to store up to 400,000 doses at once.
As Lagos State COVID19 cases continue to rise significantly,Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday, urged residents to consider any malaria-like symptoms experienced as COVID-19 infection until proven otherwise and make use of the free testing facilities available across the state.
