COVID-19: Confirmed cases now 144,521 in Nigeria
By Alison Godswill
The confirmed Coronavirus pandemic cases have increased to 144,521 in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.
It stated: “A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities. On the 12th of February 2021, 1005 new confirmed cases and 24 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 144521 cases have been confirmed, 118866 cases have been discharged and 1734 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
It added: “The 1005 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos (204), Kwara (155), Oyo (124), Plateau (80), FCT (75), Edo (56), Osun (48), Ondo (41), Kaduna (40), Rivers (40), Taraba (35), Borno (32), Ekiti (21), Ogun (20), Kano (14), Bayelsa (8), Delta (7), Bauchi (3) and Jigawa (2).”
