COVID-19 Update: NCDC logs 159 infections

02 Feb COVID-19 Update: NCDC logs 159 infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported on Tuesday that Nigeria reported 159 with zero deaths and discharged 255 patients.

Since the index case in February 2020, 253,340 cases have been confirmed with 229,650 recoveries and 3,136 deaths.

The new cases were reported as follows: Lagos-57; Yobe-37; Rivers-27; FCT-14; Gombe-14; Kano-7; Bayelsa-1; Ekiti-1; and Nasarawa-1

The NCDC added that the report includes 57 confirmed cases reported from Lagos state for January 31 (26) and February 1 (31) with 172 community recoveries reported in the FCT.

* The World Health Organisation (WHO) says almost 90 million COVID cases have been reported worldwide since the Omicron variant was identified.