The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced 708 new cases of Coronavirus (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.
It was the first time since Feb. 26, 2021, that daily counts had surpassed 500.
Apart from the new infections, the NCDC also registered 12 COVID-19 related deaths, raising the total fatalities to 1,951.
NCDC said the new infections were registered in 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory in the last 24 hours.
The figures showed that Adamawa surpassed Lagos recording 180 new infections. Lagos confirmed 141, Ondo reported 60 and Anambra 54 cases.
Results from other states showed are as follow: 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 to the virus in the last 24 hours.
“Today’s discharges include 229 community recoveries in Lagos State, 144 in Imo and 45 in Akwa Ibom.
“Till date, more than 136,335 people have recovered from COVID-19 and discharged,’’ the NCDC added.
