12 dead as Nigeria’s COVID-19 death toll rises
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 708 new coronavirus cases (COVID-19), taking the total number of infected people in the country to 157,671.
The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday.
The additional 708 new cases made it the first time since February 26, 2021, that the daily count surpassed 500.
Apart from the new infections, the NCDC also registered 12 COVID-19-related deaths, raising total fatalities to 1,951.
The health agency stated that the new infections were registered in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the last 24 hours.
According to it, Adamawa recorded 180 new infections, Lagos confirmed 141, Ondo reported 60, and Anambra 54 cases.
Rivers-41, Taraba-33, Edo-30, Abia-22, Kaduna-22, FCT-21, Akwa Ibom-20, Kano-20, Plateau-11, Ekiti-10, Kebbi-10, Nasarawa-10, Bayelsa-seven Ogun-five, Osun-five, Oyo-five and Gombe-one.
The NCDC disclosed that 504 people were discharged after testing negative for the virus in the last 24 hours.
The discharges included 229 community recoveries in Lagos, 144 in Imo, and 45 in Akwa Ibom.
“To date, more than 136,335 people have recovered from COVID-19 and discharged,” the NCDC added.
It said that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, had continued to coordinate the national response activities in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the country has tested 1.5 million people since the first confirmed case was announced on February 27, 2020.
We have recently deactivated our website's comment provider in favour of other channels of distribution and commentary. We encourage you to join the conversation on our stories via our Facebook, Twitter and other social media pages.
More from Peoples Gazette
Politics
Katsina youths pledge to deliver over 2 million votes to Atiku
“Katsina State is Atiku’s political base because it is his second home.”
States
Husband of missing police officer seeks IGP’s intervention
The husband said Mrs Ruth and four of her colleagues went missing on February 13 after an ambush during their official assignment to Abia.
World
Cardiologist gets four-year jail term over deaths of two patients
The cardiologist was found guilty of manslaughter by a court in Berlin after determining he was responsible for killing the two patients.
NationWide
Suleja Jailbreak: Coalition seeks tight security measures, modernisation of custodial facilities
The coalition said there was an urgent need to examine the root causes of jailbreaks and other related issues bedevilling the country’s custodial facilities.
World
Iran arresting, detaining women over head covering: UN
The country’s morality police had announced stricter checks some weeks ago, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said.
World
Ukraine receives bodies of 140 fallen soldiers from Russia
It is not yet known whether and how many dead soldiers Russia has received from Ukraine.
Education
ASUU urges Sokoto govt to pay state varsity workers’ outstanding allowances
The ASUU-SSU also called on the Sokoto State government to settle the Earned Academic Allowance (EAA) owed to its members.
