The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed six more deaths as a result of the raging coronavirus epidemic, as well as 123 new illnesses across the country’s 12 states.
On Friday morning, the NCDC announced this on its Facebook page, adding that Nigeria’s death toll from the sickness has risen to 3,123, up from 3,117 reported just 24 hours before.
According to the center, the additional confirmed cases have brought Nigeria’s infection toll to 251,694, with 23,174 active cases.
Even though there is no backlog of infections or discharged cases, the NCDC announced that 225,455 persons had been effectively treated and released across the country since the epidemic two years ago.
According to the most recent data, Edo State in the South-South led the infection list with 38 cases, followed by Rivers and Osun with 22 and 25 cases, respectively.
There were additional 12 instances reported in Kaduna State, ten in Oyo State, six in Kwara, and three in Ogun State.
Kano and Bauchi state each reported two cases, while Ekiti, Delta, and Borno state each reported one case.
Five states, Sokoto, Plateau, Nasarawa, Ondo, and Abia, reported no cases on Thursday, according to the NCDC.
