Nigeria has recorded 422 new cases of COVID-19 in 14 states and the federal capital territory, Abuja.
The COVID-19 result was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its update for Tuesday, January 11, 2022.
A breakdown of the cases is shown as follows: Rivers-178, Kwara-87, FCT-57, Borno-20, Kaduna-17, Plateau-14, Katsina-12, Delta-6, Edo-6, Jigawa-6, Anambra-5, Ekiti-5, Oyo-5, Ogun-3 and Nasarawa-1.
The agency said 716 eople were discharged after they recovered from the infection.
Meanwhile, one person was said to have died of COVID complications raising the total fatalities to 3,086.
The NCDC said the report includes 20 cases reported from Bauchi state for January 7 (12); 8 (1); 9 (2); and 10 (5).
It also includes six cases reported from Delta state for January 4 (2) and 7 (4).
With the new confirmed cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total of 249,154 infections and 220,195 recoveries.