COVID-19: Anambra Leads in Daily Cases, As Nigeria Records 1,368 Fresh Infections

Anambra, on Tuesday topped the list of states with new coronavirus infections, as Nigeria recorded 1,368 fresh cases, according to data published by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The new figure represented an increase of 138 percent within the past 24 hours — 574 new cases were recorded on Monday.

However, 1,474 patients were reported to have been discharged across the country on Tuesday, increasing the current total figure of recoveries to 124,483.

According to the NCDC, the recoveries confirmed on Tuesday included 762 patients discharged in Anambra state, 132 in Plateau, and 126 in the federal capital territory (FCT).

Meanwhile, 16 persons were confirmed to have died due to COVID-19 complications on Tuesday, but the agency noted that it reported a backlog of deaths from Abia state.

With the new death count, a total of 1,777 people have died of COVID-19 complications in Nigeria.

Covid-19 cases were reported in 27 states and the FCT as at the time of filing this report.

There was no new data from Lagos state, the epicentre of the pandemic, in the NCDC’s Tuesday update.

The new cases were recorded as follows: Anambra (344), Oyo (172), FCT (148), Benue (107), Rivers (95), Ogun (59), Ondo (56), Ebonyi (53), Kaduna (52), Plateau (46), Kwara (36), Enugu (30), Akwa Ibom (26), Osun (22), Edo (20), Abia (17), Kano (16), Borno (15), Cross River (10), Delta (8), Gombe (8), Imo (7), Ekiti (5), Sokoto (4), Jigawa (3), Bayelsa (3), Nasarawa (3), and Zamfara (3).

The agency also noted that data from Enugu state was reported over the last two days.

The country has tested 1,422,158 samples so far, while 22,036 are currently active cases.