Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 645 new infections on Saturday, increasing the total number of known cases in the country to 151,553.
A total of 1,831 deaths have also been recorded after 18 more people died on Saturday, health authorities have said.
The 18 deaths on Saturday indicated a significant increase from the eight fatalities recorded on Friday.
645 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-282
Ogun-72
FCT-50
Kaduna-33
Osun-24
Imo-23
Abia-21
Borno-18
Oyo-17
Edo-15
Nasarawa-15
Taraba-14
Ekiti-11
Ondo-11
Plateau-11
Kano-10
Rivers-7
Delta-5
Bauchi-3
Jigawa-3151,553 confirmed
128,005 discharged
1,831 deaths pic.twitter.com/Bx33uwFun8— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 20, 2021
Low testing figures in many states has limited Nigeria’s ability to determine the true extent of the spread of COVID-19.
A recent general fact sheet published by the NCDC showed that Kogi, Cross River and some other states were not conducting enough tests.
Today’s report include:
222 community recoveries in Lagos State managed in line with guidelines
A breakdown of cases by state via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet pic.twitter.com/KVHKWs6PDC
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) February 20, 2021
More than two-third of the over 151,000 people infected by COVID-19 in Nigeria have recovered after treatment.
The figure indicates the level of success the country’s health professionals have recorded in containing the virus.
According to NCDC data published Friday night, a total of 128,005 people have recovered after treatment
Although people who recover from a viral infection often develop immunity against the same disease, it remains unclear whether this is the case with COVID-19 infection.
Meanwhile, over 21,000 infections are still active in the country.
Since the pandemic broke out in February last year, Nigeria has carried out over 1.3 million tests.
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